BLOUNT COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Frances Bowditch Garner, 17 Nov 2004 ----¤¤¤¤---- MARYVILLE, TN - Frances Bowditch Garner, 86, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Edwin D. and Bernice Hamrick Bowditch. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Edwin A. Bowditch. She was a member of Maryville First United Methodist Church and once taught school in Mitchell County. Survivors include her husband, George W. Garner; daughters, Denice Garner of Maryville, and Marcia Garner of Friendsville; a son, Murray Garner of Houston, TX; sisters, Miriam Bowditch of Morganton and Helen Runion of Bakersville; two grandsons; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Maryville First United Methodist Church. Revs. Larry Carroll and Dan Moore officiated. Burial followed in Grandview Cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until the service hour Saturday at the church. Memorial donations may be made the Maryville First United Methodist Church, 804 Montvale Station Road, Maryville, TN 37803, or to Blount Memorial Hospital Hospice, 1095 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------