Sandra Yvonne (Dowdy) Rapp

Sandra Yvonne Dowdy Rapp, age 64, resident of the Mt. Moriah Community and wife of Larry F. Rapp, departed this life Monday afternoon, November 2, 2015 at the Methodist Hospice Residence in Memphis.

Services of Remembrance for Mrs. Rapp were conducted at 11 A.M. Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel in Somerville with  Bro. David Peace, pastor of the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Whiteville, officiating. Interment in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery at Whiteville. Arrangements were provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes & Cremation Center - Main Chapel of Somerville.

Mrs. Rapp was born December 17, 1950 in Somerville, the daughter of the late James Robert Dowdy and Carolyn Vernice Rogers Dowdy. She received her education in the Shelby County Public School System and was a graduate of Oakhaven High School. She was a lifelong resident of Fayette County and was employed as a clerk for the Fayette County Registrar’s Office for a number of years before her retirement. Mrs. Rapp was a member of the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Whiteville and enjoyed preparing food, fishing, crafting, hummingbirds and studying her family genealogy.

Mrs. Rapp is survived by her husband, Larry F. Rapp of the Mt. Moriah Community; two daughters, Angela Watson (Jason) of Arlington, TN, April Reed of Brighton, TN; her son, Mark Rapp (Crystal) of Covington, TN; her sister, Elaine Greene of Somerville, TN; her brother, Bob Dowdy (Brenda) of Germantown, TN; and five grandchildren, Gabrielle Rapp, Ashton Watson, Abby Watson, Reggie Reed and Katelyn Reed.

Those honored to serve as pallbearers were Mark Rapp, Jason Watson, Johnny Cameron, Michael Kent, James Kent, Jr. and Jacob Rapp.

The family requests that memorials be directed to the Mt. Moriah Cemetery Association, c/o Anne Pepper, 2890 Mt. Moriah Road, Whiteville, TN 38075 or the American Lung Association, One Vantage Way, Suite D-220, Nashville, TN 37228.