NETTIE LOUISE YOUMANS TOWNER

Towner, Nettie Louise Youmans, 94, passed away peacefully Friday, May 6, 2016 in Richmond, VA. Louise was born in Bonifay, FL in 1921, graduated from Seminole County High School in 1939, and graduated from Frazier- Ellis Nursing School, Dothan, AL in 1942 where she became a Registered Nurse. She joined the Army Nurse Corps (1942-1945) serving in France during WWII. After the war, she worked as a nurse on board Seaboard Airline Railroad trains running from New York to Miami for one year. Her nursing career continued after her marriage in 1946 in Birmingham, AL, Savannah, GA, Richmond, VA, and Jacksonville, FL primarily working in labor and delivery and as a surgical nurse. Louise was a longtime resident of Orange Park, FL where she was a member of Orange Park Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, needlework, “antiquing”, but her greatest joy was spending time with family in her role as a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, grandmother, and great- grandmother. Her last years were spent in Richmond, Virginia with her daughter and family. Louise was predeceased by her loving husband of 67 years, Bruce J. Towner; her parents, Augustus M. Youmans II and Nettie Gibson Youmans of Seminole County; siblings, Augustus M. Youmans III “Gus” and Franklin Gibson Youmans “Gip” of Donalsonville, Robin P. Youmans “Rob” of Reno, NV, and Pattie Y. Howard of Savannah. She is survived by her daughter, Pamela Holstrom and husband, Ed, of Richmond, VA: two grandchildren, Edward E. Holstrom III “Ted” and wife, Julie, of Williamsburg, VA, and Ashley H. Stalker and husband, Stephen, of Richmond, VA.; six great-grandchildren, Morgan, Campbell, and Carson Stalker and Hannah, Grace, and Edward Holstrom; one brother, James W. Youmans “Bud” of Iron City, and many nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank all of Mrs. Towner’s devoted caregivers over the past 14 years for their loving care, VCU House Calls for their life-changing services, Bon Secours Memorial Regional Hospital’s many nurses and staff for their gentle and expert care, and Bon Secours Hospice for their tremendous support, compassion, and professional kindness. Funeral Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Donalsonville at 11:00 on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 with interment at Friendship Cemetery. Gifts in memory of Nettie Louise Towner can be made to Bon Secours Hospice. Memorial gifts can be made online at www.bsvaf.org/supporthospice, or mailed to the Bon Secours Richmond Foundation 7229 Forest Avenue, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23226.