Sue Dawson Birdlow, 99, of Owensboro, passed away on January 6, 2020 at Hermitage Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 17, 1920 in Lipscomb, Texas to the late Dr. Arthur W. Dawson and Susan Weible Dawson. She retired after 41 years from General Electric working in accounting and financing. Sue was a member of First Christian Church, Owensboro Women’s Club, Herb Society, Owensboro Garden Club, and American Businesswomen Association. She was a Lady Kentucky Colonel, Kentucky Colonel and past Lake Area Director of Carnegian, Inc. She was the granddaughter of the Reverend William Harrison Dawson who founded Dawson Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Edward Birdlow on May 22, 1984; grandson, David Franklin Tucker in 1987; brothers, Weibel & Wilbur Dawson; stepdaughter, Phyllis Birdlow; and half-sister, Verna Mae Vornbrock.
She is survived by her daughters Sherron Hagan Tucker of Boca Raton, FL and Cynthia Hicks Little of Owensboro; two step-daughters, Rhonda Birdlow of Bloomington, IN and Jan White of Indianapolis, IN; grandson, David Little of Lexington; and a niece, Elaine Keith (Jim) of Lexington.
Services will be at 1 p.m. on Friday at First Christian Church, 700 J.R. Miller Blvd., Owensboro. Burial will follow in Yellow Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church. James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to First Christian Church, 700 J.R. Miller Blvd., Owensboro, KY 42303.