Annie Sowers Freeman

Annie Sowers Freeman, 77, of Lexington died of a prolonged illness Sunday, December 2, 2012 at the Hinkle Hospice House of Davidson County. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 am Friday, December 7, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington with Dr. A. Lee Zehmer and Rev. Randy Hall officiating. A graveside service will be held following the service at the Sandy Creek Cemetery in Tyro. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home. Mrs. Freeman was born August 22, 1935, in Davidson County to Staley B. Sowers and Ultra Snider Sowers. Mrs. Freeman served as an Elder and Deacon at the First Presbyterian Church, where she also taught Sunday school, worked as a youth leader, and served as an officer for the Presbyterian Women. She was a founding board member of Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic, where she also volunteered for the past nineteen years. In 2005, she received the NC Governor’s Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service for her work there. Preceding her in death were her parents and her brother, John Sowers, and his wife Betty of Churchland. Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Leonard Allen Freeman, Jr.; a daughter, Cynthia Freeman Swicegood and husband, Tim, of Lexington; a son, David Allen Freeman and wife, Jennifer, of Garner; four grandchildren, Amber Elizabeth Swicegood and Troy William Swicegood both of Lexington, Alexandria Lee Freeman and Jonathan Allen Freeman both of Fuquay-Varina; her step-father, Gernie Badgett of Churchland; three sisters, Nancy Wells and husband Bob, Phyllis Sowers, and Neplus Hall and husband Ken, all of Churchland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic, 420 N. Salisbury St., Lexington, NC 27292, to Hinkle Hospice House, 202 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292, or to the First Presbyterian Church, 15 W. 3rd Ave., Lexington, NC 27292.