Nichols- Myrtice Knight Fowler, 85, beloved wife of James R. Fowler, passed away Monday, July 27, 2015 at McLeod Hospice House surrounded by her family. She was born in Mayo, Florida, the daughter of the late James Riley and Ruth Esther Hathcock Knight. Mrs. Fowler enjoyed flowers and working in her yard, and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was predeceased in addition to her parents, by two brothers, Curtis Knight and James Henry Knight, two half-brothers and a half-sister. Surviving Mrs. Fowler is her husband of sixty-one years, James R. Fowler, Sr.; three sons, Lester M. Knight of Columbus, Georgia, James H. (Sandra) Fowler of Nichols, and Glenn (Cindy) Fowler of Homosassa, Florida; one daughter, Patricia J. (Ernest) Miller of Lake View; twelve grandchildren, Lester Milton Sassard, Dawn Marie Sapp, Myrtice Ann Sapp, Charles J. Sapp, David Ryan Sapp, Celena Marie (John) Watson, James Robert (Tonya) Fowler II, Henry Edward (Lisa) Fowler, Danielle Dawn (Brad) Sellars, Albert Vance (Julie) Miller, Christina Louise Fowler, and Jennifer Dawn Fowler; nineteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild, and four canine children, Rat, Mooch, Bandit, and Bella. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Meares Funeral Home in Mullins. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 29th at Devotion Gardens in Mullins with the Reverend Glenn Brown officiating. Memorials may be made in Mrs. Fowler's memory to McLeod Hospice House, P.O. Box 100551, Florence, South Carolina 29502. An online guestbook is available at www.mearesfh.com.