B.C. Fowler

B.C. Fowler died on September 5, 2025 at his home near Daingerfield. He was born on May 21, 1934 to Alfred and Ethel Fowler of Daingerfield.

He was a true East Texan who grew up in the Jenkins community. He graduated from Daingerfield High School where he was captain of the football team when they won district in 1950. He married his childhood sweetheart, Doris Nix, when in college at East Texas University (now Texas A&M University-Commerce). He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree, was in ROTC, and entered the Air Force as a Lieutenant. He spent five years in the service as a navigator on a KC-135 refueling tanker. Later he obtained a master’s degree and pursued a career in education as a teacher and school administrator (his preference being an elementary principal).

  He was ordained a deacon in 1982 and served faithfully at South Union Baptist Church as Sunday School Teacher and deacon. He also served many years on the missionary board.  Born and raised in the country, he was a true natural outdoorsman – avid hunter and fisherman. He had many stories to tell of his adventures.

 B.C. was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Vermelle and Eldred. He is survived by his loving wife of 72 years, Doris Fowler of Daingerfield; son and daughter-in-law, Benson and Cindy of Daingerfield; granddaughter, Bethany Murdock and her husband, Jared Murdock and their children, Jace and Jackson of Pittsburg, Texas; granddaughter, Katelyn Condit and her husband, Dustin of Colorado; grandson, Burton Fowler and his wife Cathryn and their children, Bradford and Briar, of San Antonio; brother, Alfred H. Fowler of Daingerfield; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

 Funeral services for Mr. B.C. Fowler, 91, of Daingerfield, Texas, will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at South Union Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. Chad Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at Clark Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs. There will be a time of visitation with family and friends from 12:30 p.m. until service time Tuesday at the church.