Jacquelyn G. Sowers Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Hampton – Jacquelyn G. Sowers, 81, of Hampton, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at the Edgewood Centre in Portsmouth where she had been living. She was born in Coral Gables, FL on October 15, 1940, the daughter of the late Louis C. and Bertha Ann (Gentner) Gregory. She was the widow of William D. Sowers, who died in 2003. Jackie was raised in North Miami, FL and was a graduate of North Miami Sr. High School. One of her most cherished accomplishments was being awarded the Outstanding Female High School Student of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in 1958. She received her Master’s Degree and post graduate work at the University of Florida where she worked with the faculty to develop a curriculum for public schools, focusing on concepts and values: What makes man human? and What can you do to improve mankind? They also re-wrote a series of books on family and caring for each other and were able to obtain grants from foundations such as the Kellogg Foundation. She later taught at Harvard University and M.I.T. Jackie was the Program Administrator for Coordinated School Health at the Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. She worked in adolescent health and learning, in close association with the C.D.C. in Atlanta. She traveled to all 50 states as a national school health education consultant and worked several years for The Education Development Center in Newton, MA, and with her late husband at Sowers Associates. She and her husband and sons resided in Hampton since 1975, coming from Needham, MA and South Carolina. She enjoyed camping, gardening, cooking and baking and was famous for her delicious German Stollen which she made every Christmas. Family members include her sons, Gregory G. Snow Sowers (Manuela Kutzer & Timm), Wayne W. Snow Sowers (Lorraine Weimerskirch); her grandchildren, Cameron, Matthew (Kateryna Slobodian), Nicholas, Alexander, Kaylyn, and Leah; great-grandson, Leon and her sister, Beverly Moore of Acworth, GA and her nephew, Robert Moore (Tonya) and their children Madison, Mackenzie and Alexandria. Visiting hours will be from 11 AM to 1 PM on Friday, June 17, 2022 in the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, 811 Lafayette Road, Hampton. Services will follow the visitation starting at1 PM in the funeral home. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to the National Parkinson’s Foundation, 200 SE 1 St. Suite 800, Miami, FL 33131.

Jacquelyn G. Sowers

October 15, 1940 - June 12, 2022