Vera B. Bowers

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Vera B. Hardin, age 82, 137 Bill Nave Loop, Elizabethton, died Friday, Dec. 15,
2006, in Life Care Center of Elizabethton following an extended illness. She was
a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Daniel S. and Nellie
Rutherford Bowers. Mrs. Hardin was a homemaker who loved all types of music and
could play seven or eight instruments by ear. She was a member of Blue Springs
Christian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Morrell Eston Hardin. Survivors are one son and daughter-in-law, Grant
W. and Phyllis Hardin, Hampton; two grandsons, Gregory McKinney, Hampton, and
Jamey Hardin and wife Jennifer, Elizabethton; three granddaughters, Cindy Lenore
Canter, Angela Hardin Shingleton, both of Elizabethton, and Suzanne McKinney,
Kingsport; four great-grandsons, Zachary Hardin, Elijah Shingleton, Dustin
Canter, and Levi Shingleton, all of Elizabethton; two great-granddaughters,
Keaton Shingleton, Elizabethton, and Madison J. McKinney, Kingsport; and two
sisters, Viola Gross, Hickory, N.C., and Pat Cole and husband, Fred,
Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral service for
Mrs. Hardin will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, in the Tetrick
Funeral Home, Chapel of Peace, with Mr. Richard Thomason, Minister officiating.
Music will be under the direction of the Blue Springs Men's Quartet and Kathy
Thomason, organist. The family will receive friends from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday in
the chapel prior to the service. Friends may also call at the home of a sister
and brother-in-law, Pat and Fred Cole, 836 Willow Springs Road, Elizabethton, at
other times. The graveside service and interment will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 19, in Grover Bowers Cemetery, Blue Springs community. Those attending are
asked to meet at the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday to go in procession to
the cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Gale Oliver, Terry Oliver, Shirrell
Bowers, Steve Pierce, Denny Bowers, Keith Church, Steve Franklin and Sam Ellis.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mark Church and Doug Williams.

Vera married Morrell Eston Hardin about 1928 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Morrell (son of Alvin Powell Hardin and Bessie Katherine Bowers) was born on 26 Jun 1907 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Nellie Rutherford. Nellie was born on 10 Sep 1902 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 4 Nov 1976 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Elizabethton Star," Sunday, September 5, 1937
ALFORD BOWERS
Alford Bowers, age 81, died Saturday morning at his home at Watauga Valley. Funeral services will be conducted from the Blue Springs Christian Church this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock with the Rev. John Mathew officiating. Interment will be in the Bowers Cemetery.
Mr. Bowers is survived by five children: A. J. Bowers, D. S. Bowers, Mrs. Cordie Nave, Mrs. Lucy Williams, and Miss Mary Bowers, all of Watauga Valley; also twenty-seven grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren.

Alfred married Rebecca S. Carriger on 13 Oct 1876 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Rebecca was born on 8 May 1860 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 9 Jan 1897 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Some records indicate that her maiden name was Cable.

Daniel married Emeline Johnson on 30 May 1838 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Emeline was born about 1819 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]