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- Mollie Bowers - ELIZABETHTON
ELIZABETHTON — Mollie Campbell Bowers, 81, U.S. Highway 91, Elizabethton,
died Sunday, September 28, 2003 at her residence.
A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Dayton
C. and Bessie Grindstaff Campbell. She formerly worked as a cook at
Hunter Elementary School and retired from Levi-Strauss, of Johnson
City.
Mrs. Bowers was a member of the Stoney Creek Primitive Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, E.J. Bowers, in 1960; by
three sisters, Maggie Buckles, Myrtle Carden and Luella Berry, and
four brothers, Fuller, Hughie, Sherrell and Thedford (T) Campbell.
Survivors include five daughters and four sons-in-law, Sandra and
David Cederborg, of Baltimore, Md.; Cathy and Estel Pillion, of
Tazewell, Tenn.; Tina and David Perkins, of Elizabethton; Selma
Conley and Joyce and Menyard Moore, all of Dallas, Texas; three sons
and two daughters-in-law, Keith and Linda Bowers and Johnny Berry,
all of Elizabethton, and James Paul and Shirley Bowers, of Hallsville,
Texas; one sister, Catherine Smith, of Elizabethton; one brother,
D.C. Campbell, of Elizabethton; 22 grandchildren, including a special
granddaughter, Diana Bowers; several great grandchildren, and her
special caregivers, Carol Hardin and Virginia Ashworth. A special
friend, Roxie Nave, also survives.
Funeral services for Mollie Bowers will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday,
September 30, 2003 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Elder Willard Owens,
Elder Carl Campbell, and Elder Chad Crawford officiating. Graveside
services and interment will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 1,
2003 in the Caldwell Springs Cemetery. Music will be provided by the
congregation and special music by Wayne Little. Active pallbearers,
who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday
will be Keith Bowers, Jr., Jay Bowers, Ronnie Blevins, Larry Stout,
Estel Pillion, David Perkins, Harvey Campbell and Landon Grindstaff.
Honorary pallbearers will be Kenneth Wilson, Ronnie Dean Blevins, Chris
Noe, Perry Hodge, David Cederborg, Crawford Garland, Ralph Grindstaff,
Joey Campbell, Dayton Pillion and Wayne Pillion.
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Abt 1922 - 2003 (~ 81 years)
