Lonze Lee Sowell Sr. was born in Dillon, South Carolina on June 18, 1951 to the late Lucy Sowell and Jerome Townsend. Lonze departed this earthly life on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Carolina Pines Hospital in Hartsville, South Carolina.

Lonze worked as an industrial mechanic. Lonze was the only son and he had two sisters, one preceding him in death: Mary Ann Townsend.

Lonze married Cora Bell Page in 1975 and to this union two children were born.

He leaves to mourn his passing ~ his wife: Cora Bell Sowell; two sons: Lonzie (Dyani) Lee Sowell Jr. of Suffolk, VA and Andre D. Sowell of Columbia, SC; four grandchildren: Jamari Williams of Dillon, SC, Undreya Sowell, Kyante Greene and AVanti Greene of Suffolk, VA; one sister: Lendra Townsend; two nieces: Jennifer Blue and Krystal Townsend and a host of cousins and other relatives and friends.