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- Vearl Hagan Bowers, 91, of Alexandria, VA passed peacefully at his home on October 18, 2017. He was born to the late Earl and Gladys Bowers of Elizabethton, TN.
At the age of 9 he moved to the DC area, and then later to Alexandria. Vearl worked at Safeway after school until the age of 16, when he joined the U.S. Navy- serving in WWII on the LST Ship # 1066. Upon returning home from the war, he started working back as Safeway as a Butcher, and then later becoming the Manager of the meat department; retiring in 1978. Vearl was a member of the Masonic Lodge #219, the Mt. Vernon Tall Cedar Lodge, and the Antique Automobile Club. He was loved and will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Vearl is predeceased by his brother; Herbert Bowers; and his first wife, Edythe Bowers. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, three daughters and their husbands, a son, an honorary son, four grandsons, and a great-grandson.
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1926 - 2017 (91 years)
