CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Eugene Bowers, 3 Jul 2000
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Eugene Bowers

  Eugene Bowers, 76, 704 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, died 
Monday, July 3, 2000, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended 
illness. 
  Mr. Bowers was a native of Carter County and the son of the late 
Hunter and Emma Crosswhite Bowers. He was also preceded in death by a 
sister, Thelma Goforth, and his stepfather, Agee D. Williams. 
  Mr. Bowers was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church of 
Elizabethton and a retired mechanical draftsman with Great Lakes 
Research Corporation. 
  Survivors include his wife, Mary Edens Bowers, of the home; a 
daughter, Debra Bowers Pierce, Elizabethton; a brother and sister-in-
law, J. Howard and Rowena Bowers, Johnson City; a sister, Elaine 
Proffitt, Bluff City; and four nephews, Kenny Goforth, Kingsport, Rick 
Bowers, Jonesborough, Robert and Mark Proffitt, both of Bluff City. 
  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick 


  BOWERS -- Funeral services for Eugene Bowers, 76, 704 S. Riverside 
Drive, Elizabethton, who died Monday, July 3, 2000, will be conducted 
at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 5, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, 
with Rev. Phil Poston and Dr. Don Marshall, minister, officiating. 
Interment will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers 
will be Kenneth Goforth, Rick Bowers, Victor Deloach, Bill Carter, 
Clarence Bowman and Horace Broome. Honorary pallbearers will be Larry 
Estep, Jack Miller, Paul Manning, Tom Chase, Ira Daniels, Harry Hutchins, 
Jesse Winters, John R. Campbell, Bill Hodge, Richard Tittle, Robert 
Proffitt, Mark Proffitt, Roger Pierce, Jesse Birchfield, Will Andrews, 
Dr. Todd A. Whitaker and Employees of Burgie Drug Store, City Market, 
Northeast Community Credit Union, Elizabethton Public Library, Moody 
Barber Shop and R & M Radio. The family will receive friends from 10 
to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at 
the residence, 704 S. Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, any time. For 
those who prefer, memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be sent 
to First Free Will Baptist Church, 706 First Street, Elizabethton, 
Tenn. 37643, or First Christian Church, 513 Hattie Avenue, Elizabethton, 
Tenn. 37643. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick 

[Genealogy Note - Mike DeLoach]
Hunter Bowers was the son of John A. Bowers and Angeline Deloach.  Emma 
Crosswhite was the daughter of George W. Crosswhite and Lou Buchanon.