Betty Ivalee Bowers

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ELIZABETHTON - Betty Ivalee Bell, age 89, of Elizabethton, TN passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Woodrow Bowers and Blondie Crowe. Betty was a member of Pleasant Beech Baptist Church. She was an excellent homemaker and very crafty. Betty took pride in all of her work.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John Thomas Bell; a sister, Charlotte Renfro; two brothers, Buryl Bowers and Tony Bowers and a son, Randy Dugger. Those left to cherish her memory include her two daughters, Judy Miller and husband Jerry and Brenda Pierce and late husband Monty, of Butler; son, Harvey Dugger; five sisters, Lois Hughes, of Elizabethton, Carolyn Bishop, of Michigan, Patsy Presnell and husband John and Beulah Lunceford, all of Hampton and June Saults, of Johnson City; a brother, Terry Bowers and wife Barbara, of Johnson City and several nieces, nephews and grandchildren also survive.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. at Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home.

A graveside service and interment will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, August 12, 2021 in the Garland Cemetery, Erwin with Chaplain Alan officiating. Those wishing to attend the graveside are asked to meet at the cemetery at 10:45 A.M. on Thursday.

The family would like to give a special thanks to Beulah Lunceford and Patsy Presnell for all their support through the years.

Woodrow married Blonie Edith Crowe on 20 Jan 1932 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Blonie (daughter of Farris Daniel Crowe and Lottie Pearl Morton) was born on 19 Jun 1916 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 9 Sep 2006 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Buckles Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Blonnie Edith Crowe Bowers, 90, of Life Care Center of Elizabethton, went to be with the Lord Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Bowers was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Farris Daniel and Lottie Pearl Morton Crowe.

She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.

Mrs. Bowers was preceded in death by three sons, William "Bill", Tony and Burl Bowers; by one daughter, Charolette Renfro; one brother, Eston Crowe; one sister, Ellen Absher; and by two husbands, Woodrow Bowers and D.C. Williams.

Survivors include six daughters, Betty Bell and Lois Hughes, both of Elizabethton, Patsy Presnell and Beulah Lunceford, both of Hampton, Carolyn Bishop, Michigan, and June Saults, Johnson City; one son, Terry Bowers, Johnson City; one sister, Maude White, Knoxville; one special son-in-law, John Presnell; 33 grandchildren, a number of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and two special nieces, Shirley Morrell and Barbara Rumley. She is survived by her other family at Life Care Center.

Funeral service for Mrs. Blonnie Edith Crowe Bowers will be conducted at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, with the Rev. Horace Bowers officiating. Music will be under the direction of the Morris Trio.

Graveside service and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Buckles Cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be grandsons, Jerry and Lester Lunceford, Burl Bowers, Tim Bowers, Mike Wexler, Jimmy Hughes and Harvey Dugger. Honorary pallbearers will be John Presnell, Tim Willis, Claude Morton, Harold Montgomery, Martin Garcia, Mike Wolfinger, Allen Morris, Dwight Hughes, Dr. Peter Tuberty, the nurses at Sycamore Shoals Hospital, 3rd floor, and residents and staff of Life Care Center of Elizabethton.

Caleb married Rowena Bell Rever Brown on 13 Aug 1909 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Rowena was born on 1 Jan 1891 in Alleghany County, , , North Carolina; died on 25 Oct 1981 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Farris married Lottie Pearl Morton about 1912 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Lottie was born on 25 Jun 1892 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died in Oct 1972 in Knox County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hall Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Elizabethton Star," Saturday, March 7, 1931
HENRY BOWERS
James Henry Bowers, 76, native of Carter County, died this morning at his home in Siam. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Allan, Percy and Emmert. The body will be buried tomorrow at two o'clock at the Vanhuss cemetery near Siam.

James married Rosannah Jane Dugger on 8 Jun 1876 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Rosannah (daughter of David Dugger and Elizabeth Belle Bunton) was born on 1 Oct 1851 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 20 Nov 1938 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tennessee married Hester Emmaline Bowers on 6 Nov 1878 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Hester (daughter of David B. Bowers and Carolin Christina Johnson) was born on 19 Jan 1862 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 24 Dec 1929 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Crow Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]