Andrew Johnson "Andy" Bowers, Jr.

1879 - 1936  (57 years)

• Name	Andrew Johnson "Andy" Bowers
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	19 Aug 1879	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Aug 1936	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Burial	Bowers Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee
  Notes	"Elizabethton Star," Tuesday, September 1, 1936 ANDY J. BOWERS Andy J. Bowers, 59, construction engineer in the Tennessee highway department for the past twelve years, died last night at eleven o'clock at his home in Roan Mountain, following a twelve-day illness. Funeral services will be conducted from the Freewill Baptist Church at Charity Hill, Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock with the Rev. Clarence Howington officiating, assisted by the Rev. H. C. Hopkins. Interment will be in the Bowers Cemetery at Charity Hill. The Jr. O.U.A.M., of which Mr. Bowers was a member, will officiate at the grave. The body will remain at the home in Roan Mountain until the funeral services. Mr. Bowers, a prominent resident of Carter County, was born and reared at Charity Hill, the son of Green and Martha Bowers. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church at Charity Hill. He was married to Miss Eliza Deloach who survives him together with six sons: Arthur Bowers of Big Stone Gap, Va., James, Maynard and Eugene Bowers of Roan Mountain, Clarence Bowers of Shell Creek, Earl Bowers of Hampton; four daughters, Mrs. Minnie Poe of Johnson City, Mrs. Beulah Wright and Mrs. Vorita Stephens of Blevins, Pauline Bowers of Roan Mountain. He is also survived by one brother, W. C. Bowers of Elizabethton, and thirteen grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be Nat C. Nave, Leon Young, E. E. Hathaway, Judge Ben Allen, Tom Kerley and Will Knight. Honorary pallbearers will include Will Horton, Win Chambers, Clyde Treadway, Bill Williams, Bernie Curry, W. O. Hampton, Luther Tipton, Joe Heaton, Nat Simerly, Dave Simerly, Sam Whitehead, George Grindstaff, Arthur Hardin, Bob Slaughter, Gaines Pritchard and Ed Shell. Those is charge of the floral offerings will be Frances Watson, Hazel Hoss, Evelyn Young, Ann Williams, Hazel Goodson, Maria Goodwin, Hazel Ellis, Bonnie Bowers, Ethel Bowers, Vita Hardin, Louise Freeman, Virginia Johnson, Ruth Jaher, Sadie Jaher, Willie Hampton, Juanita Hampton, Mary Tipton, Grace Stout, Arlene Wagner, Hildred Wagner, Maxine Horton, Sarah Pritchard, Myrtle Slaughter and Betty Horton.
  Person ID	I3303	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Green T. McGhee Bowers,   b. 22 Apr 1849, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. Abt 1879, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Martha O'Brien,   b. Mar 1860   d. 26 Jun 1935, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1878	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F1757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" DeLoach,   b. 14 Apr 1882, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 28 Apr 1975, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1898	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Children	1. Arthur Guy Bowers,   b. 15 Jan 1900, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 18 Jan 1975, Wise County, , , Virginia (Age 75 years)   2. Minnie Bowers,   b. Abt 1902, Carter County, , , Tennessee   3. James Fred "Jim" Bowers,   b. 14 Nov 1903, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 30 Jun 1975, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 71 years)   4. Clarence Bowers,   b. Abt 1906, Carter County, , , Tennessee   5. Earl Shelby Bowers,   b. 14 Dec 1907, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 17 Sep 1984, Fairfax, , , Virginia (Age 76 years)   6. Beula May Bowers,   b. 20 Feb 1909, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. Abt 1940 (Age 30 years)   7. Ernie Bowers,   b. 8 May 1912, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 14 Sep 1912, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 0 years)   8. Voretta L. Bowers,   b. 12 Dec 1912, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 12 Jan 2000, Anderson County, , , Tennessee (Age 87 years)   9. Maynard Bowers,   b. Abt 1918, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 11 Feb 2000, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 82 years)   10. Eugene Bowers,   b. 2 Jul 1919, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 11 Sep 1919, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 0 years)   11. Eugene H. Bowers,   b. Abt 1921, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. Sep 1966 (Age ~ 45 years)   12. Living
  Family ID	F1170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart