CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Laura M. Peters Bowers, 3 Mar 1994
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Obituary appeared in the Friday, March 4, 1994 Elizabethton Star
 
Mrs. Laura M. Peters Bowers, 91, Rt. 2, Elizabethton, died Thursday morning,
March 3, 1994 at the home of a grand-daughter, Jane Radford, Rt. 4,
Elizabethton, following an extended illness.  Mrs. Bowers was a native of
Carter County and a daughter of the late Frank and JoAnn Archer Peters.  She
was also preceded in death by her husband, John C. Bowers in 1964, two
daughters, Dimpler Farris in 1970 and Lula Mae Bowers in 1986, and by three
grandchildren.  Mrs. Bowers was a member of the Blue Springs Christian Church
and a retired employee of Southern Cafe.

Survivors include four daughters, Anna B. Hardin, Ruth Pierce, Dora Carr and
Rose Hardin, all of Elizabethton; a sister, Nell Pierce of Mountain City; and
a brother, Mike Peters of Hampton.  Seventeen Grandchildren, 22 great-
grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews
also survive.  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of the
arrangements.

Funeral services for Mrs. Laura M. Peters Bowers, 91, Rt. 2, Elizabethton,
will be conducted at 7 p.m. Saturday from the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick
Funeral Home with Mr. Mack Bennett, minister, officiating, music will be under
the direction of Linda Holly and Amy Holly.  Graveside services and interment
will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Bowers Cemetery.  Active pallbearers
will be grandsons and great-grandsons.  The family will receive friends at the
funeral home from 5 until 7 p.m. Saturday and at the homes of her daughters
any time.  Friends who wish may make donations in memory of Mrs Bowers to the
American Cancer Society in care of Mrs. Alta Jane Caudill, P.O. Box 247,
Elizabethton, Tenn., 37643.  The family, friends, minister and pallbearers
will meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m. Sunday to go in procession to the
cemetery.  Tetrick funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of the
arrangements.

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