Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Bowers, Ola C April 16, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  April 18, 2006
Ola C. Bowers 





    Ola Clinton Bowers, 91, of Elizabethton, died Sunday, April 16, 2006, at 

Pine Ridge Care Center. 





    Mr. Bowers was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Luther and 

Flora Buckles Bowers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 

his wife, Margaret Colbaugh Bowers, in 2003, and by three brothers and a 

sister. 





    Mr. Bowers received his G.E.D. from Unaka High School. He was retired from 

the Chemical Division of North American Rayon Corporation after 49 years of 

service and was a member of Hunter United Methodist Church. He was an avid 

reader and an avid Lady Vols fan and Elizabethton Twins Baseball fan. He was 

active in the Democratic Party and was a member of the Elizabethton Senior 

Citizens. 





    Survivors include a daughter, Lois Bowers Williams, Elizabethton; two sons 

and daughters-in-law, Ralph C. and Sandra Bowers, Lansing, Mich., and Larry E. 

and Sharon Bowers, Elizabethton; five grandsons, Michael Bowers, Mark Bowers, 

Todd Williams, Benjamin Bowers and Christopher Bowers; four great-

granddaughters; and four sisters, Novella Massengill, Bluff City, 

Margaret "Toots" Campbell, Mary Evelyn Bennett and Stella Mae Brewer, all of 

Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Bowers will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, 

April 19, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Joe Manis and Rev. Estil 

Williams officiating. Music will be provided by Marilyn Bowers. Interment will 

follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers, who are requested to 

assemble at the funeral home at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, will be Jerry Bowers, Hugh 

Buckles, Daniel Holder, Jack Perkins, Charles "Dude" LaPorte, Bill Cline, Mike 

Williams and D.J. Townsend. Honorary pallbearers will be Earl and Kat Collins, 

Dr. Joseph May, Dr. Stephen May, John Fetzer, Willie Church, Lyle Dewitt, Ed 

Alexander, Randall Rogers, Gary Elliott, the staff and employees of Pine Ridge 

Care Center and his church family. The family will receive friends from 2 to 

3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. To those who prefer, memorials may be 

made in memory of Mr. Bowers to the Hunter United Methodist Church, 722 Highway 

91, Elizabethton, TN 37643 or the Carter County Humane Society, 159 Hickory 

Hollow Road, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online condolences to the Bowers family 

may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. 





    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 



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