Obituary:  Grover Fate "Smokey" Bowling, 2003
Source:  Unknown Newspaper
Contributor:  James Emory <James_Emory@msn.com>
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Grover F. Bowling (Smokey)
  Grover Fate Bowling (Smokey), 81, of Arrington, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, 
at Lynchburg General Hospital.
  Born in Amherst County, May 14, 1922, he was a son of the late William Robert 
and Ollie Mae Coffey Bowling. He attended Kingswood Baptist Church and was a 
retired, self-employed contractor.
  Survivors include his beloved companion of 23 years, Frances Floyd; three sons, 
Grover F. Bowling Jr. and his wife, Barbara, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Junior F. 
Bowling and his fiancé, Dale Dietzel of Dumfries, and Roger S. Bowling and his 
wife, Bea, of Madison Heights; three daughters, Patricia A. Hill and her husband, 
John, of Shipman, Diane Deal and her husband, David of Midland, and Barbara J. 
Bowling and her husband, Jimmy, of Nokesville; three step-daughters, Betty Cooper 
and her husband, Steve, of Rustburg, Alice Coleman and her husband, Wayne, of 
Arrington, and Patricia Morcom and her husband, Bruce, of Monroe; two brothers, 
Hoover Bowling and wife, Becky, and Ranger Bowling and his wife, Doris, all of 
Spottsylvania; one sister, Eleanor Hartsook and her husband, Harlan of Crawley, 
W.Va.; 23 grandchildren and three step-grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and 
two step great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death 
by his children’s mother, Hallie C. Johnson; two sons, Lonnie Dale Bowling and 
infant, James Grover Bowling; four brothers, Berry, Julian, Finley and William T. 
Bowling; and two sisters, Lacy Wheeler and Arlene Howard.
  Funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003, at 
Byrum-Parr Funeral Home, by the Rev. Carroll Martin Jr., with burial in Jonesboro 
Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m.

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