CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Floyd J. Bowers, 21 Jun 2001
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Floyd J. Bowers

  Floyd J. Bowers, 76, 1436 Charity Hill Road, Elizabethton, died Thursday, 
June 21, 2001, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Hospital following 
an extended illness.
  Mr. Bowers was a native of Carter County and the son of the late William and 
Lola Carriger Bowers. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Mildred 
Jenkins Bowers, a son, Larry Dean Bowers, and a brother, Ray Bowers.
  Mr. Bowers was retired from the Tennessee Highway Patrol Department and was 
a previous Sunday School Director and member of Siam Baptist Church. He was 
a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, having served in World War II, and a member of 
the American Legion Post #49.
  Survivors include his wife, Maxie Bowers, of the home; a stepson and 
stepdaughter-in-law, Daniel Andrew and Marsha Johnson, Hampton; and two 
sisters, Pearl Ayers, Elizabethton, and Ina Mae Soto, of Florida. Several 
nieces and nephews also survive.
  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

  BOWERS -- Funeral services for Floyd J. Bowers, 76, 1436 Charity Hill 
Road, Elizabethton, who died Thursday, June 21, 2001, were conducted at 7 
p.m. Saturday, June 23, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Chapel of Peace, with the 
Revs. Jack Roddy, Ray Stockton and Billy Stockton officiating. Graveside 
services and entombment will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at Happy Valley 
Memorial Park with Military Honors accorded by the Captain Lynn H. Folsom 
VFW Post #2166. Active pallbearers will be Chris Jenkins, Gerald Jenkins, 
Fred Jenkins, Bill Anderson, Dan Crowe, Charles Lipford and Lawrence Dial. 
Honorary pallbearers will be members of Siam Baptist Church and Staff of the 
VA Nursing Home Unit, 2nd Floor. Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 1:50 
p.m. Sunday, June 24, for the graveside service. The family received friends 
from 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. For those who prefer, 
donations in lieu of flowers may be made in memory of Mr. Bowers to Siam 
Baptist Church, 2414 Siam Road, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Condolences may be 
sent to the family via e-mail address tetrick@funeral-plans.com. Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick