Martha Gower
Frank Gower, Obituary.. .The Tennessean, Sunday, September 22, 1968
Age seventy-seven. Friday, September 20, 1968. Retired owner and President of Gower & Associates, Architects, Member of the Echo Hills Church of Christ. Survived by his wife, Martha H. Gower; daughter and son-in-law, Dr. William and Helen Gower Totty, St. Louis MO; son and daughter-in-law Leonard F. and Karen Gower, Kingston, TN; grandchildren, Catherine and Jennifer Totty, Todd, Hailey, and Bo Gower; brother and sister-in-law, W.R. and Lorelle Gower. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, September 23, 1996, at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Roses, Woodlawn Funeral Home with Minister Tom Seals officiating. Entombment will follow in Cross Mausoleum. Family will serve as Pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Deacons and Elders of Echo Hills Church of Christ. Visitation with the family will be Sunday, 2-5 p.m. Arrangements by Woodlawn Funeral Home 383-4754.
Frank Gower set an example of servant leadership at Otter Creek. It was known by few that he was the architect of the building at the corner of Otter Creek Road and Granny White Pike, but his design skills provided a space that fostered that church family’s life. The beautiful home he designed for his wife and children at the tip, top of the hill across the street from the church building was beautiful and welcoming.
He and wife, Martha, warmly welcomed all who visited. Frank and Martha Gower joined Ed and Anne Cullum in the Cullum’s convertible for the trip to Canada to accompany the teen group from Otter Creek. Frank and Martha provided parental guidance for the teens in an almost invisible fashion. Never intrusive, they provided support and encouragement and were totally “present.”