- Date Of Birth: January 31, 1925
- Date Of Death: April 2, 2016
- State: Maryland
Marg aret “Oakie” Rowlett, a longtime resident of the Glen Burnie area was called to her eternal home on Saturday, the 2nd of April at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, William and Debora Rowlett. Born on January 31, 1925 in Glasgow, Virginia, Oakie moved to the Baltimore area with her family early in her life.
In 1962, she married Earl Rowlett and together they had one son, William. Oakie in her younger years worked as a bartender at various prestigious bars and nightclubs in the Baltimore area. She was also a beautician. After her husband passed in 1968, Margaret worked at Yoo-Hoo, Good Humor and General Electric where she retired in 1986. Margaret was very proud of the fact that she was the first woman fork lift operator at GE and was later
promoted to crane operator.
Margaret was a devout child of God. She was a Diamond member at her church, John Wesley United Methodist Church of Glen Burnie. She was recognized as a volunteer for the Department of Aging and had also helped with various GE charity campaigns such the United Way, AFRO Clean Block Fund and AFRO’s Mrs. Santa Fund.
Margaret leaves to cherish her memory: a loving and devoted son, William Rowlett; a loving and caring daughter-in-law, Debbie Rowlett; the two best loving and beautiful granddaughters in the world, Alexandrea Rowlett and Machea Forkgen and their mother, Lorraine Cali; great-grandchild, Madison Greene; four extended family great-grandchildren Oakie claimed, Taylor and Clayton Gooden and Sean and Ava Taylor.
