Carolyn Rowe

October 17, 2018

Carolyn Wright Rowe, age 73, a native of Portsmouth, went to be with the Lord on October 17, 2018. She attended Wilson High School followed by East Carolina University (ECU) where she received a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Political Science Minor. At ECU, she was President of her sorority Alpha Omicron Pi. She was a member of the Phi Alpha Theta Honorary History Fraternity. In addition to her graduate work in history at East Carolina University, she did graduate work at Old Dominion University. She was a member of Western Branch Baptist Church. She was a Museum Educator at the Children’s Museum of Virginia located in Portsmouth. She was an accomplished tennis player, but most of all, she was a devoted mother and grandmother. She was predeceased by her parents Grace and Charles Wright. She is survived by her two children, Jennifer R. McDonald and Brian C. Rowe (Amanda); father of her children John L. Rowe Jr. (Carol); three grandchildren, Nicholas McDonald (and his father Thad McDonald) and Carter and Payton Rowe; sister Janet W. Humphries (Ross); nephew Jason Humphries (Katie); aunts and uncle Charlotte J. Damron and Dottie and Bill Swain; and many other cherished family members. The family will greet friends at Loving Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, Sunday, October 21 from 2:00-3:00pm. A service to celebrate Carolyn’s life will be held at 2:00pm Monday, October 22, at Loving Funeral Home by Reverend Rick Hudock with interment to follow at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or to CHKD.