Former Adjutant General
BG Alpha A. Fowler, Jr. Dies

Alpha A. Fowler Jr., who served as Georgia's Adjutant General in the late 1940s, died Sunday, Aug. 10, of complications from a heart attack suffered on Aug. 2. He was 83.

General Fowler was appointed the Adjutant General of Georgia in March 1947 and served through November 1948. He also served as director of the state selective service system and  was instrumental in the post-war reorganization of the Georgia National Guard. 

During World War II, he served in Italy as a B-17 pilot and squadron commander in the 483rd Bombardment Group, a predecessor unit of today's 116th Bomb Wing, Georgia Air National Guard located at Robins AFB, Georgia. General Fowler was a native of Douglas County and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1942. He was elected to eight terms in the House of Representatives of the Georgia General Assembly as the representative from Douglas County. He also served one term on the Georgia Public Service Commission and was a former director of the Commercial Bank in Douglasville.

General Fowler is survived by his wife, Mary "Suzie" Hodgson Fowler of Douglasville and sons, Alpha Alsbury Fowler, III, MD of Richmond, Va., Joseph H. Fowler of Douglasville , Raymond L. Fowler, MD of Dallas Tex., Edward M. "Ned" Fowler of Douglasville, two brothers, Oscar S. Fowler, PhD., of Knoxville, Tenn., and James R. Fowler, MD, of Salt Lake City, Utah.