Theodosia E. “Theo” Belvin 1932 - 2017

BELVIN, BOWICK, MACMURPHY

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/15/2017 at 08:19:48

Sioux City Journal
12 February 2017

SERGEANT BLUFF | Theodosia E. “Theo” Belvin, 84, of Sergeant Bluff, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, at Embassy Rehab in Sergeant Bluff.

Memorial services will be held at a later date. Interment will be in Memorial Garden, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection at Augusta, Ga. Waterbury Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Theodosia was born April 18, 1932, in Augusta, Ga., the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Bowick) MacMurphy. She grew up in Augusta, graduating from Tubman High School. She continued her education at Newberry College in Newberry, S.C.

Theo was married in 1955 to Ernest Belvin. Over the years, Theo worked as a math teacher in Florence, Ala., and Union City, Ga. In her later years, she worked as a substitute teacher at Westwood High School in Sloan, Iowa, from 2005 to 2010. She moved to Sergeant Bluff in 2012, from Atlanta.

Theo’s home church was Christ Our Hope Lutheran Church in Riverdale, Ga. She attended Skein Lutheran Church in Sloan, Iowa, when she visited. She enjoyed playing bridge and also attending all of her grandchildren’s school functions.

Theo is survived by her two sons, Daniel (Kathy) Belvin of Sloan, and their children, Katie (Tyler) Wells and Abby Belvin, and John Belvin Sr. of Georgia, and his children, Alicia Belvin and John Belvin II; her daughter, Dianne Belvin Hart of Georgia, and her children, Brittany (Andrew) Yaeger and Haley (Sean) Lawson; three great-grandchildren, Pace Hanback, Shaelyn Flores and Emerson Yaeger; and her sister-in-law, Phylliss MacMurphy of North Carolina.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother, Charles MacMurphy.