1. | Laura McRita Peters was born on 22 Jan 1903 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 3 Mar 1904 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Bowers Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes:
Mrs. Laura M. Peters Bowers, 91, Rt. 2, Elizabethton, died Thursday morning, March 3, 1994 at the home of a grand-daughter, Jane Radford, Rt. 4, Elizabethton, following an extended illness. Mrs. Bowers was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Frank and JoAnn Archer Peters. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John C. Bowers in 1964, two daughters, Dimpler Farris in 1970 and Lula Mae Bowers in 1986, and by three grandchildren. Mrs. Bowers was a member of the Blue Springs Christian Church and a retired employee of Southern Cafe.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements.
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura M. Peters Bowers, 91, Rt. 2, Elizabethton, will be conducted at 7 p.m. Saturday from the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home. Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Bowers Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 until 7 p.m. Saturday and at the homes of her daughters any time. Friends who wish may make donations in memory of Mrs Bowers to the American Cancer Society in care of Mrs. Alta Jane Caudill, P.O. Box 247, Elizabethton, Tenn., 37643. The family, friends, minister and pallbearers will meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Sunday to go in procession to the cemetery.
Laura married John Clarence Bowers on 20 Aug 1921 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. John (son of Teter B. Bowers and Belle Estep) was born on 4 Aug 1890 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 6 Jun 1994 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Bowers Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Lula Mae Bowers was born on 12 Dec 1922 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; died on 8 Nov 1986 in , Carter County, Tennessee, .
- 3. Anna Belle Bowers was born on 10 Nov 1924 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; died on 10 Nov 2013 in , Carter County, Tennessee, .
- 4. Ruth T. Bowers was born on 2 Dec 1926 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; died on 2 Aug 2007.
- 5. Dora Bowers was born on 29 Apr 1929 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; died on 11 Jan 1996 in , Sullivan County, Tennessee, .
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- 7. Rose Ella Bowers was born on 13 Oct 1937 in , Carter County, Tennessee, ; died on 6 May 2023 in , Broward County, Florida, .
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