Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Bowers, Ola C April 16, 2006
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Elizabethton Star April 18, 2006
Ola C. Bowers
Ola Clinton Bowers, 91, of Elizabethton, died Sunday, April 16, 2006, at
Pine Ridge Care Center.
Mr. Bowers was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Luther and
Flora Buckles Bowers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by
his wife, Margaret Colbaugh Bowers, in 2003, and by three brothers and a
sister.
Mr. Bowers received his G.E.D. from Unaka High School. He was retired from
the Chemical Division of North American Rayon Corporation after 49 years of
service and was a member of Hunter United Methodist Church. He was an avid
reader and an avid Lady Vols fan and Elizabethton Twins Baseball fan. He was
active in the Democratic Party and was a member of the Elizabethton Senior
Citizens.
Survivors include a daughter, Lois Bowers Williams, Elizabethton; two sons
and daughters-in-law, Ralph C. and Sandra Bowers, Lansing, Mich., and Larry E.
and Sharon Bowers, Elizabethton; five grandsons, Michael Bowers, Mark Bowers,
Todd Williams, Benjamin Bowers and Christopher Bowers; four great-
granddaughters; and four sisters, Novella Massengill, Bluff City,
Margaret "Toots" Campbell, Mary Evelyn Bennett and Stella Mae Brewer, all of
Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mr. Bowers will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday,
April 19, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Joe Manis and Rev. Estil
Williams officiating. Music will be provided by Marilyn Bowers. Interment will
follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers, who are requested to
assemble at the funeral home at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, will be Jerry Bowers, Hugh
Buckles, Daniel Holder, Jack Perkins, Charles "Dude" LaPorte, Bill Cline, Mike
Williams and D.J. Townsend. Honorary pallbearers will be Earl and Kat Collins,
Dr. Joseph May, Dr. Stephen May, John Fetzer, Willie Church, Lyle Dewitt, Ed
Alexander, Randall Rogers, Gary Elliott, the staff and employees of Pine Ridge
Care Center and his church family. The family will receive friends from 2 to
3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. To those who prefer, memorials may be
made in memory of Mr. Bowers to the Hunter United Methodist Church, 722 Highway
91, Elizabethton, TN 37643 or the Carter County Humane Society, 159 Hickory
Hollow Road, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences to the Bowers family
may be e-mailed to mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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