2. | Margaret Colbaugh (1.Charles1) was born on 15 Apr 1911 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 Nov 2003 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes:
Margaret Colbaugh Bowers, 92, Pine Ridge Care Center, Elizabethton,
died there Saturday, November 22, 2003.
Mrs. Bowers was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late
Charles W. and Ella Aldridge Colbaugh. She was also preceded in death
by a sister, Edith Feathers, and three brothers, Nat, Robert and Bill
Colbaugh.
Mrs. Bowers was a 1931 graduate of Elizabethton High School. She worked
at the Bemberg Corporation for a number of years and retired as Manager
of the Dollar General Store. She was a member of Hunter United Methodist
Church and the Elizabethton Senior Citizens.
Survivors include her husband of 69 years, Ola Clinton Bowers; a daughter,
Lois M. Williams, Elizabethton; two sons, Ralph C. Bowers, Lansing, Mich.,
and Larry E. Bowers, Elizabethton; two sisters, Ella Jo Medearis,
Elizabethton, and Betty J. Markland, Flint, Mich.; and five grandsons,
Michael Bowers, Mark Bowers, Benjamin Bowers, Christopher Bowers and
Todd Williams. Four great-granddaughters and several nieces and nephews
also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday, November 25, at
Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Joseph Manis and the Rev. Estil
Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Happy Valley Memorial
Park. Music will be provided by Bill Medearis, Marilyn Bowers and Joel
Street. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral
home at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, will be Earl Collins, Charles "Dude" LaPorte,
Jerry Bowers, Daniel Holder, Hugh Buckles, Bill Cline, D.J. Townsend and
Mike Williams. A special "Thank You" to Leonard Campbell, Nell Fair,
Wilma Colbaugh, Bea Estep, Bea Gouge, Willa Cecil, Ann Schlamblin, Willie
Church, Gary Elliott, Dr. Joseph C. May, Dr. Stephen May, the Staff of
Pine Ridge Care Center and the Nursing Service Staff of the James H.
Quillen VA Medical Center.
Margaret married Ola Clinton Bowers on 17 Nov 1934 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Ola (son of Luther A. Bowers and Flora G. Buckles) was born on 23 Oct 1914 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 16 Apr 2006 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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