CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Gladys Florence Bowers Cole, 30 Nov 2004 ----¤¤¤---- Gladys Florence Bowers Cole, 94, of Old Railroad Grade Rd., Roan Mountain, died Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in the Roan Highland Health Care Center. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Brown and Bessie Bowers. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Kelly Cole, in 1975; her parents; two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Patricia Cole, of Roan Mountain; four daughters and one son-in-law, Kathy and Ronnie Harrell; Desseree Markland and Rosa Lee Floyd, all of Washington, N.C., and Valerie Sprague of Valdese, N.C.; one step-son and his wife, Orville Lee, and Billie Cole, of Elizabethton. Several grandchildren and great- grandchildren also survive. Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, December 2, 2004 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Burl Sluder officiating. Music will be provided by Kathy Whitehead. Pallbearers will be grandchildren and great- grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers will be her many friends. Graveside services and burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, December 3, 2004 in the Caldwell Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral chapel. Friends may also call at the residence of her son, 968 Old Railroad Grade Rd., Roan Mountain. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral chapel at 11 a.m. Friday. Condolences 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/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------