Mr. Charles Nathan Rowland, age 82, son of the late Hubert Rowland and Hattie Pearl Reese Rowland, formerly of Adrian passed away on Tuesday morning, March 18, 2025 at the home of his daughter in Sanford, Florida.

Born in Emanuel County, at home, he was the second of six children born into the family.  He grew up in Adrian and Savannah before returning to Adrian where he was a graduate of Adrian High School, Class of 1959.  At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the United States Army where he served and was honorably discharged.   Mr. Rowland returned home and enrolled at Brewton Parker College where he earned his Associates and Bachelor Degrees in Business Management.  In 1965 he married, Macon native, Edine Ogburn and they made their first home in the Stone Mountain area of Atlanta.  Charlie worked in the Telecommunications Industry in Atlanta as an Engineer with BellSouth Telephone, which would eventually be acquired by AT& T, until retiring in 1994.  While working with Bell South, Charlie attended Georgia State University where he earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration.  He had lived in Stone Mountain and Smyrna before returning to Adrian in 2004.

Charlie was an avid "Olde Movie Buff".  He loved old television shows, British mystery movies, NASCAR and preparing food for others on race days.  He was especially devoted to his daughter, Cherilyn.  As a result of her surprising him with his first ever birthday party, at the age of sixty, he coined her "beautiful yet devious".

In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by an infant sister, Anna Faye Rowland.

Mr. Rowland leaves behind, his daughter, Cherilyn Rowland Petrie (Tim), Sanford, Florida, his sisters, Joan Irvin, Dublin, GA, Diane Jackson, Tennille, GA, Patty Hairr (Tony), Swainsboro, GA, Sandra Anderson, Decherd, TN, two grandsons, Mason Charles Petrie, Jeremiah Andrew Petrie and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 12, 2025 in the Williams Chapel of Sammons Funeral Home.

He will be laid to rest in the family section of the Watson – Odomville Cemetery, near his home of Adrian.

His family will receive friends on Saturday, at the funeral home, from 1:00 pm until the hour of service.

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