OBIT: Gracie West Bowers, 2002, Boyle & Casey Co. ------------------------------- Submitted by Sherri Hall Date: 6 Apr 2003 ------------------------------- *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************** From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 10 Mar 2002 Gracie West Bowers, 94, of Danville, died Friday at Charleston Health Care Center. Born May 10, 1907, in Casey County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Boone and Cynthia Beasley Eastham. She was a retired nurse's aide from Central State Hospital and Kentucky State Hospital. She was a former member of Southern Avenue Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Helen Boyd and a son, Charles A. West. Survivors include three daughters, Jean Grenell and Peggy Dupin, both of Louisville, and Rosemary Houpe of Cincinnati; a son, Billy Joe West of Louisville; a sister, Rose Smith of Franklin, Ohio; a brother, Otha Eastham of Danville; 26 grandchildren and 35 great- grandchildren. Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Stith Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bellevue Cemetery. Visitation is after 3 p.m. today and after 5 p.m. Monday. Memorials may go to Southern Heights Baptist Church.