OBIT: Charles Wesley BOWERS, 1949, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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CHARLES WESLEY BOWERS

  Charles Wesley Bowers, 73, retired farmer of near Jennings, Md., died at his 
home Friday, Feb. 4, from a heart attack.
  He was born April 2, 1876, the son of James and Catherine (Broadwater) Bowers, 
in Garrett County.
  He married Martha Elizabeth Broadwater, who survives with the following 
children: Manning Bowers, Washington, D.C.; Homer Bowers, Waldorf, Md.; Sterling 
Bowers, Hyatteville, Md.; Carl and Harry Bowers, at home; Mrs. Eveline Bowers, 
Altoona; Miss Mildred Bowers, Washington, D.C., and three grandchildren.
  Also surviving are three sisters and three brothers: Mrs. Eliza Green of 
Grantsville, Mrs. Ida Green of Swanton, Mrs. Martha Hare of Jennings, William 
and Lawrence Bowers of Grantsville RD 2, and George Bowers, Jennings.
  Funeral services were conducted in the Jennings Methodist Church on Monday 
afternoon, the Rev. D. J. Combs officiating.  Interment was made in the 
Grantsville Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, February 10, 1949