CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ethel G. Bowers, 17 Jun 2001
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Ethel G. Bowers

   Ethel G. Bowers, 77, formerly of City View Apt. No. 302, Briarcliff 
Street, Johnson City, and also the Blue Springs Community of Elizabethton, 
died Sunday, June 17, 2001, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton following 
an extended illness.
   Mrs. Bowers was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 
Pettibone and Sallie Berry Bowers. She was also preceded in death by three 
brothers and a sister.
   Mrs. Bowers was a member of Blue Springs Christian Church and was a 
homemaker.
   Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Don and Rena Bowers, 
Jonesborough; a granddaughter, Tina Balthis, Telford; a grandson, Keith 
Rice, Jonesborough; four great-grandchildren, Mark Rice, Telford, Amy Rice, 
Jonesborough, Aleigha Sexton and Trey Balthis, both of Telford; a great-
great-grandson, Hunter Rice, Telford; two nephews, Lewis Bowers and Fred 
Bowers, both of Elizabethton; and two sisters-in-law, Mary Bowers and 
Myrtle Carden, both of Elizabethton. Several great-nieces and nephews 
also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge 
of arrangements. Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   BOWERS -- Funeral services for Ethel G. Bowers, 77, formerly of City 
View Apt. No. 302, Briarcliff Street, Johnson City, and also the Blue 
Springs Community of Elizabethton, who died Sunday, June 17, 2001, will 
be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Chapel 
of Peace, with Pastor Jerry Keasling officiating. Music will be under the 
direction of Ernie and Nellie Ford. Graveside services will be conducted at 
10 a.m. Wednesday June 20, at Bowers Cemetery with Mr. Richard Thomason, 
minister, officiating. Active pallbearers will be Fain Bowers, Ernest Bowers, 
Sherrill Bowers, Terry Oliver, Darrell Bowers and Buck Balthis. Honorary 
pallbearers will be the doctors and nursing staff of Life Care Center of 
Elizabethton. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday 
to go in procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 
6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside 
Chapel, (423) 543-4917, is in charge of arrangements. Visit our Web site 
at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick