Alena Faye Rowan, 99 of Delray Beach passed away peacefully at Abbey Delray Health-center on Sunday July 13th under Hospice Care. She was born in Granger County Tennessee in October 1914. She was a war bride and married Lt. Ralph Rowan (while he was Assistant Base Operations officer at the Avon Park Army Air Corp training center) during the Second World War in Highlands County Florida in 1943. After the war, they resided in Maryville Tennessee and were members of the First United Methodist Church until 1960 when they moved and became retail store owners in Atlanta, Georgia. They relocated (with another retail store) to Venice, Florida in the mid 1970's and later they retired to Delray Beach, Florida in the early 1980's. She volunteered for 10 years as a cashier for the Haven thrift shop in downtown Delray. And she was active in charitable matters with the Cason United Methodist Church in Delray Beach.
She is survived by Linda and John Snipes of Decatur, Georgia and Edward and Lorie Rowan of Boca Raton. Her Grandchildren include Jody Petrow of Bellevue, Nebraska, Andrea Rowanhill of Crozet, Virginia and Dana Rowangould of Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition, she is has six great grandchildren.
A visitation is set for Friday from 5 till 6:30 pm at McCammon, Ammons Click in Maryville, Tennessee and there will be a graveside service at 10 am on Saturday July 19th.


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6140 N. Federal Highway
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