Georgia Bowick Obituary

Georgia Bowick
HUNTSVILLE, AL Mrs. Georgia Leona Twitty Bowick, 86, former teacher at Calhoun College, passed away in Huntsville, Ala., July 28, 2024, after a brief illness.
Georgia was raised on a farm in North Augusta, where her family grew peaches, pecans, pears, and cotton during the Great Depression. A majorette at NAHS, Georgia was featured in several local car commercials before graduating high school in 1955.
By the time Georgia left Buckeye Cotton Oil Company in 1960 to raise a family, she was a shorthand expert, typing 90 words a minute on a manual Smith-Corona skills that would serve her well for many years, and countless school projects, ahead. Many of these assignments belonged to her four childrenbut not all. With her youngest child in kindergarten (and without telling a soul), Georgia enrolled as a freshman at the University of Alabama. In 1981, she graduated with bachelors degrees in English and Political Science.
Fifty years after high school, however, Georgia earned a masters degree and discovered her true vocation as an ESL (English as a Second Language) professor. Gifted among her peers, Georgia led ESL teaching seminars in multiple venues. She was also selected by state educators to co-create educational videos for fellow ESL instructors across Alabama.
As a teacher, Georgia loved her work and adored her students. From 75 (or more) countries, with diverse religions and often conflicting cultures, these students found friendship, community, and the joy of learning in Georgia's classroom. In addition, Georgia collaborated with the U.S. State Department, welcoming visitors from Ukraine, Russia, and Uzbekistan.
Motherhood, however, was Georgias proudest, and most prized, role in life. She devoted herself to PTA meetings, band concerts, and endless carpools. Above all, Georgia was gracious, tender-hearted, and sentimentaland stubborn in ways that most mattered. She gave generous gifts and always sent thank you notes. She spoke her mind freely and gave ready voice to her convictions, which were generally strong ones. Finally, she was kind, loyal, and fiercely protective of those she loved. To countless neighbors, newcomers, and those less fortunate, Georgia liberally extended her heart, hands, and resourcesa quality which enamored her to many worthy causes, and endeared her to the community. She will be loved and missed by all who were blessed to know her.
Georgia is preceded in death by her father, Russell Williamson Twitty, and her mother, Mary Semple Whatley (Twitty) Tompkins; her former husband, Dr. Louis Albert Bowick, Jr; She is survived by her four children: Stephen Murphy Bowick, Ann Bowick Owen (Rick), John Charles J.C. Bowick (Leigh Anne), and Jean Marie Bowick; four grandchildren: Andrew Helms Bowick, Lauren Ayn Jacobs Lusk (Jeremy), David Ian Jacobs, and David Clay Bowick; and two great-grandchildren: Theodore Anton Teddy Lusk and Amelia Gertrude Trudy Lusk.
A graveside service will be held for Georgia on Saturday, June 14, at Westover Memorial Park in Augusta. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m., with a gathering to follow. The family welcomes flowers or plants, and donations made to The Ark Animal Shelter in Georgia's honor: https://arkinc.org