Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bowers, Charles L., 1961 

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CHARLES LEIGH BOWERS

   Suffolk - Charles Leigh Bowers, 62, of 203 Brook Ave. died Monday in Obici 
Hospital after a short illness.

   A native of Suffolk, he was a son of William Henry and Mrs. Louise Thompson 
Bowers. He retired in 1956 after 35 years with the Southern Railway. He was a 
member of Main Street Methodist Church and was a past chancellor commander of 
Suffolk Knights of Phythias Lodge.

   Surviving are his widow Mrs. Alyma Morrisette Bowers and two sisters, Mrs. 
J.V.  Prichard of Suffolk and Mrs. C.H. Williams of Portsmouth.

   A funeral service will be conducted in I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home today at 
2 p.m. by the Rev. R. Harris Kesler. Burial, with Pythian rites, will be in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery.


[Charles Leigh BOWERS, Suffolk native, d. 11 Dec 1961, Suffolk, age 62, 
 interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, 13 Dec 1961, 
 "The Virginia-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 13, 1961] 

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