Gladys Towe Jarrett, 78, of 6437 Hwy. 140 N.W., Adairsville, died Sunday morning, Feb. 6, 2000, at the residence following a brief illness.

She was born in Bartow County, March 30, 1921, daughter of the late Oscar A. and Bertie Davis Towe. She was a member of Stoner Chapel Baptist Church and was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Rev. J.O. Jarrett, of Adairsville to whom she married July 2, 1939; a son and daughter-in-law, Odis and Janet Jarrett of Adairsville; a daughter and son-in-law, Opal and Travis Freeman, of Adairsville; two sisters, Edna Jarrett and Evelyn Jarrett, both of Adairsville, eight grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Stoner Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. Emmitt Burgess and Rev. Sammy Adams officiating.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.  Pallbearers will be grandchildren and their spouses.

[Re-printed with permission from The Daily Tribune News in an effort to help preserve history.]