Stephen Fuson Bowers

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"Elizabethton Star," Thursday, September 8, 1932
S. F. BOWERS, 49, DIES SUDDENLY
S. F. Bowers, 49, mail carrier for 24 years and president of the F Tennessee Mail Carriers association, died suddenly from a heart attack yesterday afternoon. He was a rural carrier on route one out of Elizabethton at the time of his death.
The body was discovered in woods about six o'clock last night by a boy, Stanley Heston, who had been out in the fields training his bird dog. The thicket was near Holsclaw's farm on the Siam-to Valley Forge road.
Mr. Bowers had finished delivering mail for the day and was returning home. He parked his car on the main highway and supposedly had gone through his own cornfield, crossed the old highway into the woods, apparently investigating the right-of-way for another road. His body was found about one-half mile from his automobile. He lived in Siam.
Death was due to apoplexy, according to the coroner jury's verdict, acting upon the testimony of Dr. John Cottrell.
Mr. Bowers had been in ill health. Early yesterday morning he had complained of not feeling well, but seemed to have been better at noon. Death came as a surprise to his many friends as he was well known, not only in Elizabethton and Carter county, but through out east Tennessee.
He belonged to the Siam Baptist church for at least thirty years, had held several church offices and had been active all of his life in church affairs. He was a Mason and a member of the Jr. O.U.A.M., council no. 1, Elizabethton.
Funeral services will probably be held tomorrow, but definite arrangements have not been made pending word from relatives living in other states. Burial will be in the Bowers Cemetery, Siam.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Edith Hardin and Miss Gladys Bowers, both of Siam; one son, Crawford, Siam; his mother, Mrs. D. S. Nave, Siam; three brothers, the Rev. D. B. Bowers of Chattanooga, Prof. Roy B. Bowers, Bristol, Va., and John L. Bowers, Elizabethton; one sister, Mrs. Kate Morely, Siam; two half-brothers, Avery Bowers of Elizabethton, and J. P. Bowers, St. Petersburg, Fla.; four half-sisters, Mrs. Rhoda Vanhuss, Bloomington, Ill., Mrs. Maggie Carriger, Hampton, Mrs. Delia Slemp, Doe, Tenn., Mrs. Agnes Kite, Kingsport, and a host of nephews and nieces.

"Elizabethton Star," Friday, September 9, 1932
S. F. BOWERS
The funeral of S. F. Bowers, 49, well known mail carrier, who was found dead Wednesday evening near his home at Siam where he had died from a sudden attack of apoplexy, was held this afternoon at two o'clock at the Siam Baptist church.
The Rev. John W. Crowe was in charge of the services, assisted by J. R. Allen and the Rev. C. L. Bowden.
Burial was made at the Bowers cemetery at Siam. The Masonic lodge had charge of the final rites at the grave.
Active pallbearers were W. C. Williams, W. W. Smith, L. P. Randolph, F. B. Hardin, John Curtin, and E. J. Nave, Jr.

Stephen married Gearthie (Bowers) about 1905 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Gearthie was born about 1886 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married Luther H. Hardin about 1928 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Luther (son of George Robert Butler Hardin and Sarah Eliabeth Nave) was born on 10 May 1903 in , Giles County, Tennessee, ; died on 11 Jan 1988 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Winnie married Earnest F. Meredith on 27 Dec 1933 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Earnest (son of William Robert Meredith and Minnie Cordelia Garrison) was born about 1908 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Crawford married Beulah J. Hardin on 28 Jun 1941 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee. Beulah (daughter of George Robert Butler Hardin and Sarah Eliabeth Nave) was born on 14 Apr 1917 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 2 Jul 2013 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Nave Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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GRAY — Martha "Ann" Butner, 77, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 5, 2016. She departed this life from the Life Care Center of Gray.
Mrs. Butner was born July 16, 1939 in the Siam community of Carter County, Tenn., a daughter of the late Earnest and Gladys Bowers Meredith. She had lived in the Gray area for around 40 years.
Martha Ann Butner was a member of Crossroads Christian Church and the Bereans Sunday School Class in Gray. She was also a member of the Johnson City Community Center and a former member of Elizabethton First Christian Church.
Martha graduated from Elizabethton High School in 1957. She married Richard Butner on June 13, 1970 and was a homemaker who lovingly cared for her family.
In addition to her parents, Martha was preceded in death by sister, Shirley Jane Meredith, and brother, J. Meredith.
Those left to cherish her memory are husband, Richard Butner; daughter, Rachel Renee Butner Golden and husband, Mike; niece, Sara Bowers; and nephews, David Meridith and Robin Meridith.
The family received friends on Monday, August 8, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Crossroads Christian Church in Gray. A Celebration of Life immediately followed with Pastor Clint Andrews officiating.