1. | Isaac Newton Bowers was born about 1855 in Carter County, , , Tennessee (son of Christian Nave Bowers and Martha J. Hathaway); died on 25 Apr 1945 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hunter Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes:
"Elizabethton Star," Thursday, April 26, 1945
ISAAC N. BOWERS FUNERAL FRIDAY
Isaac N. Bowers, 90, father of Mayor J. C. Bowers, died at his home route 2 yesterday evening at 6:30 p.m.
Mr. Bowers was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Chrisley Bowers and Martha Hathaway Bowers. He was a member of the Baptist church at Hunter.
Besides Mayor Bowers, he is survived by one other son, Pat Bowers; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Berry, Mrs. Bessie Bowers, Mrs. Flora Chambers, all of Elizabethton, and Mrs. Nanny Murray of Seminole, Tex.; 20 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two brothers, A. B. Bowers and T. B. Bowers.
Funeral services will be conducted from the home of Mayor Bowers, 209 Riverside Drive, Friday afternoon at 2:30 with the Rev. Harry Leonard officiating. Burial will be in Hunter Cemetery.
Active pallbearers and flower bearers will be selected from friends.
The body will be returned to the home of Mayor Bowers Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Roy Hathaway Funeral Home in charge.
Isaac married Sarah Levicy "Sallie" Morrell about 1876 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Chrisley Morrell and Alzenia Carriger) was born about 1865; died on 3 Aug 1943 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hunter Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Mary Jane Bowers was born on 14 Oct 1881 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; died on 9 Feb 1956 in , Carter County, Tennessee, .
- Bessie Mae Bowers was born on 18 Apr 1883 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 9 Apr 1964 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Caldwell Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.
- Dr. Joseph Chrisley Bowers was born on 15 Aug 1885 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 9 Jul 1967 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee.
- William Pat Bowers was born on 26 Jul 1887 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 2 Dec 1946 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee.
- Florrie E. Bowers was born about 1891 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; died about 1969.
- Pearl Bowers was born in Sep 1897 in , Carter County, Tennessee, .
- Nancy J. Bowers was born on 3 Jul 1901 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; died on 8 Jan 2000 in , Carter County, Tennessee, .
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