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- "Elizabethton Star," Thursday, February 3, 1949
Mrs. Bowers Dies At Valley Forge
Mrs. Annie Garrison Bowers, 86, died at the home of a niece, Mrs. W. R. Meredith of Valley Forge, Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock after a lingering illness. Mrs. Bowers was a member of the Valley Forge Christian Church.
Survivors are three step-daughters, Mrs. Maggie Hyder, Mrs. David Buck, Mrs. Joe Hyder; one stepson, Arnold Bowers, all of Elizabethton and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Valley Forge Christian Church Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Rev. J. J. Musick officiating. Burial will be made in the Smith Cemetery.
Music will be under the direction of the church choir.
Active pallbearers will be Dan Grindstaff, Carl Garrison, John Humphrey, Carl Treadway, Ford VanHuss, Fred Williams, Dorsey Meredith, Roy Garrison.
The body will be removed to the church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and will lie in state until time for the service. It will be returned to the home of Mrs. W. R. Meredith at Valley Forge Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Roy Hathaway Funeral Home is in charge.
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1862 - 1949 (86 years)
