Richland-West Carroll County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Bowden, Clara Mae Noble August 18, 2001 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Betty Jean Neathery bettyn52@bayou.com June 18, 2009, 3:21 pm The News-Star; Monroe, LA; August 21, 2001 CLARA MAE BOWDEN Cox Funeral Home Oak Grove, LA OAK GROVE, LA - Clara Mae Bowden, age 80, of Oak Grove, LA was born July 2, 1921 in Mangham, LA and died August 18, 2001 at Willis Knighten Pierremont in Shreveport, LA. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law: Noble and Patty Bowden; daughters and sons-in-law: Liz and Reeves Layne and Beverly Carole and John DiBattista; brothers: Bill Noble, George Noble; sister: Jean Warren; and special friends: Clem Mathews and Don Mathews; seven grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, George W. and Rose R. Noble; and her husband: Cliff Bowden. Pallbearers: Greg Bowden, Don Bowden, John Darren DiBattista, Travis Woodruff, Todd Nations, Paul Davison. Honorary pallbearers will be Kent Davis, Vic Dalrymple, Irene Robinson, the Faithful Workers Sunday School Class, Randy Gunter and Adrian Gunter. Mrs. Bowden was a longtime resident of Oak Grove where she was a member of the First Baptist Church in Oak Grove. Mrs. Clara Mae is fondly known as Oak Grove Tigers number one fan. She loved to support Oak Grove High School Athletics. She was a member of the West Carroll Hospital Ladies Auxillary. Memorials should be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Wednesday, August 22, 2001 at First Baptist Church in Oak Grove, LA with Dr. James Parker officiating. Interment will be in Lone Cherry Cemetery in Mangham, LA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/richland/obits/b/bowden3374gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb