CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Mollie Campbell Bowers, 28 Sep 2003 --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Mollie C. Bowers Mollie Campbell Bowers, 81, U.S. Highway 91, Elizabethton, died Sunday, September 28, 2003 at her residence. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Dayton C. and Bessie Grindstaff Campbell. She formerly worked as a cook at Hunter Elementary School and retired from Levi-Strauss, of Johnson City. Mrs. Bowers was a member of the Stoney Creek Primitive Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, E.J. Bowers, in 1960; by three sisters, Maggie Buckles, Myrtle Carden and Luella Berry, and four brothers, Fuller, Hughie, Sherrell and Thedford (T) Campbell. Survivors include five daughters and four sons-in-law, Sandra and David Cederborg, of Baltimore, Md.; Cathy and Estel Pillion, of Tazewell, Tenn.; Tina and David Perkins, of Elizabethton; Selma Conley and Joyce and Menyard Moore, all of Dallas, Texas; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Keith and Linda Bowers and Johnny Berry, all of Elizabethton, and James Paul and Shirley Bowers, of Hallsville, Texas; one sister, Catherine Smith, of Elizabethton; one brother, D.C. Campbell, of Elizabethton; 22 grandchildren, including a special granddaughter, Diana Bowers; several great grandchildren, and her special caregivers, Carol Hardin and Virginia Ashworth. A special friend, Roxie Nave, also survives. Funeral services for Mollie Bowers will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2003 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Elder Willard Owens, Elder Carl Campbell, and Elder Chad Crawford officiating. Graveside services and interment will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 1, 2003 in the Caldwell Springs Cemetery. Music will be provided by the congregation and special music by Wayne Little. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday will be Keith Bowers, Jr., Jay Bowers, Ronnie Blevins, Larry Stout, Estel Pillion, David Perkins, Harvey Campbell and Landon Grindstaff. Honorary pallbearers will be Kenneth Wilson, Ronnie Dean Blevins, Chris Noe, Perry Hodge, David Cederborg, Crawford Garland, Ralph Grindstaff, Joey Campbell, Dayton Pillion and Wayne Pillion. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2003 in the funeral home. Friends may also call at her residence. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences to the Bowers family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ ___________________________________________________________________