Gladys Mae Stout

Gladys married Earl Shelby Bowers on 23 Jan 1926 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Earl (son of Andrew Johnson "Andy" Bowers, Jr. and Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" DeLoach) was born on 14 Dec 1907 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 17 Sep 1984 in Fairfax, , , Virginia; was buried in National Memorial Park, , Fairfax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Vearl Hagan Bowers, 91, of Alexandria, VA passed peacefully at his home on October 18, 2017. He was born to the late Earl and Gladys Bowers of Elizabethton, TN.

At the age of 9 he moved to the DC area, and then later to Alexandria. Vearl worked at Safeway after school until the age of 16, when he joined the U.S. Navy- serving in WWII on the LST Ship # 1066. Upon returning home from the war, he started working back as Safeway as a Butcher, and then later becoming the Manager of the meat department; retiring in 1978. Vearl was a member of the Masonic Lodge #219, the Mt. Vernon Tall Cedar Lodge, and the Antique Automobile Club. He was loved and will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

Vearl is predeceased by his brother; Herbert Bowers; and his first wife, Edythe Bowers. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, three daughters and their husbands, a son, an honorary son, four grandsons, and a great-grandson.

Vearl married Edythe Frances Farrow about 1947 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . Edythe was born on 24 Feb 1928 in Scioto County, , , Ohio; died on 17 Oct 1990 in Fairfax County, , , Virginia; was buried in Mount Comfort Cemetery, , Fairfax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]