| 1. | Blonie Edith Crowe was born on 19 Jun 1916 in Carter County, , , Tennessee (daughter of Farris Daniel Crowe and Lottie Pearl Morton); died on 9 Sep 2006 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Buckles Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. Notes:
Mrs. Blonnie Edith Crowe Bowers, 90, of Life Care Center of Elizabethton, went to be with the Lord Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Bowers was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Farris Daniel and Lottie Pearl Morton Crowe.
She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.
Mrs. Bowers was preceded in death by three sons, William "Bill", Tony and Burl Bowers; by one daughter, Charolette Renfro; one brother, Eston Crowe; one sister, Ellen Absher; and by two husbands, Woodrow Bowers and D.C. Williams.
Survivors include six daughters, Betty Bell and Lois Hughes, both of Elizabethton, Patsy Presnell and Beulah Lunceford, both of Hampton, Carolyn Bishop, Michigan, and June Saults, Johnson City; one son, Terry Bowers, Johnson City; one sister, Maude White, Knoxville; one special son-in-law, John Presnell; 33 grandchildren, a number of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and two special nieces, Shirley Morrell and Barbara Rumley. She is survived by her other family at Life Care Center.
Funeral service for Mrs. Blonnie Edith Crowe Bowers will be conducted at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral Home, with the Rev. Horace Bowers officiating. Music will be under the direction of the Morris Trio.
Graveside service and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Buckles Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be grandsons, Jerry and Lester Lunceford, Burl Bowers, Tim Bowers, Mike Wexler, Jimmy Hughes and Harvey Dugger. Honorary pallbearers will be John Presnell, Tim Willis, Claude Morton, Harold Montgomery, Martin Garcia, Mike Wolfinger, Allen Morris, Dwight Hughes, Dr. Peter Tuberty, the nurses at Sycamore Shoals Hospital, 3rd floor, and residents and staff of Life Care Center of Elizabethton.
Blonie married Woodrow Wilson Bowers on 20 Jan 1932 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Woodrow (son of Caleb Emmert Bowers and Rowena Bell Rever Brown) was born on 16 Feb 1914 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 Dec 1991 in Cass County, , , Michigan; was buried in Prarie Grove Cemetery, , Cass County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Betty Ivalee Bowers was born about 1932 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 4 Aug 2021 in Washington County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Garland Cemetery, , Unicoi County, Tennessee.
- Beulah Jaquelin Bowers was born about 1935 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 11 Oct 2021 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee.
- Lois V. Bowers was born about 1950 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 30 Aug 2021 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Hughes Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.
Blonie married D. C. Williams about 1960 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. D. (son of Andrew J. Williams and Emma Williams) was born on 16 Jun 1933 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 17 Jul 2005 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Buckles Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1916 - 2006 (90 years)