VELVA ANN (CAMPBELL) WHITLOW

Velva Ann (Campbell) Whitlow, 90, passed away on Feb. 1, 2025. She was born in Springfield on Feb. 1, 1935; the daughter of Carl and Wilda (Meese) Campbell.
She attended Central High School before beginning the teacher education program at Southwest Missouri State College. She went on to teach for 30 years in Carthage and Republic, making a difference in the lives of hundreds of students who affectionately called her “Mother Whitlow” and showered her with beads and frogs, her trademark collection items.
She met her soul mate, Charlie, at Bills Drive-In where she was employed, and they shared 63 together.
She is survived by her son, Henry Clayton; two granddaughters; one great-granddaughter and two great-grandsons; her sisters, Rosella Fowler and Flossie Kincannon, a plethora of family members, and a host of lifelong friends.
Services were held on Saturday, Feb. 8, at Meadors Funeral Chapel in Republic. Burial was at Pembina Cemetery in Rogersville.
Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Meadors Funeral Home in Republic.