John A. Bowers

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"Elizabethton Star," Thursday, March 30, 1944
JOHN A. BOWERS
John A. Bowers, age 66, constable of Carter County and life-long resident, passed away suddenly last night, apparently suffering a heart attack, at the South Side Christian Church where he was attending services.
He lived with his wife on route 1, whom he married 39 years ago. Mr. Bowers had been in ill health for the past year and has had several light heart attacks. He was a member of the Carter Christian Church.
Surviving him besides his wife Bessie, are two daughters, Mrs. T. F. Wagner of Norton, Va., and Mrs. Dewey Bradshaw of 520 Siam Road; two sons, Harmon and T. C. Bowers of the city; three sisters, Mrs. J. C. Bradley of Bastrop, Texas, Mrs. Caroline Nidiffer of route 2, Mrs. Kate McQueen of 207 Academy; and one brother, Bob Bowers of Bristol.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at the South Side Christian Church at two o'clock with the Rev. Grant H. Laws, pastor of the church, in charge, assisted by the Rev. Johnny Hall. Burial will be made in the DeLoach Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Lofton Keller, George Angel, John Turner, Tine Morgan, Ray Heaton, and William Bowman.
The body will be removed from the Tetrick Funeral Home to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Dewey Bradshaw of 520 Siam Road at four o'clock this evening.

John married Bessie Bowers about 1901 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Bessie (daughter of John Bowers and Angeline "Tid" DeLoach) was born in Aug 1892 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died about 1963 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in 1963 in Deloach Cemetery, Deloach Road, Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Bessie O. Williams about 1907 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Bessie (daughter of Thomas W. Williams and Mary DeLoach) was born in Aug 1885 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary "Maggie" Elliott about 1930 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary was born on 21 Jun 1922 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 19 Mar 2006 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Deloach Cemetery, Deloach Road, Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mr. Robert H. "Bob" Bow-ers, 68, of Eliz-a-beth-ton, passed away on Fri-day, June 19, 2015, in the John-son City Med-i-cal Center Hos-pi-tal.
He was the son of the late Wil-liam Har-mon and Mary El-li-ott Bow-ers and was born in Ban-ner Elk, NC. In ad-di-tion to his par-ents, he was pre-ceded in death by a son, Robert Har-mon Bow-ers Jr.; two sis-ters, Carol Ruth Bow-ers and Nancy Reece; and a brother, Johnny Paul Bow-ers.
Mr. Bow-ers was a grad-u-ate of the Eliz-a-beth-ton High School class of 1965. He was in-ter-ested in col-lect-ing an-tiques and he liked to fish. He was a mem-ber of Bible Bap-tist Church.
He is sur-vived by six sis-ters, Sandy Bow-ers, Eliz-a-beth-ton, Faye Dean, Hick-ory, NC, Elsie Hum-phrey, Eliz-a-beth-ton, Mary Rowe, Hick-ory, NC, Joyce Clark, Eliz-a-beth-ton, Cath-ryn Mitch-ell, Eliz-a-beth-ton; a brother, Billy Bow-ers, Hamp-ton; two aunts, Goldie McKin-ney and Gla-dys Pot-ter, both of Roan Moun-tain. Sev-eral nieces, neph-ews and cous-ins also sur-vive.
A grave-side ser-vice for Mr. Bow-ers will be con-ducted on Mon-day, June 22, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Dy-son Grove Ceme-tery in John-son County with Pas-tor Frank Os-borne of-fi-ci-at-ing. Those wish-ing to at-tend are asked to meet the fam-ily at the cem-e-tery at 1:50 PM on Mon-day. Ac-tive pall-bear-ers will be Mat-thew Hin-kle, Justin Bow-ers, Johna-than Cal-houn, David Bow-ers, Dale Mil-liken and Chris Hughes. Honor-ary pall-bear-ers will be his church fam-ily.