BOWMAN, Alva Brown

Date of birth:  10 Sep 1910, Hart County, Kentucky
Date of death: 18 Feb 2005, Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana

Source: Franklin Daily Journal, February 22, 2005

Repository: Genealogy Library Family Files, Johnson County Museum of History, Franklin, Indiana

GREENWOOD
Alva Barbara Bowman

Alva Barbara Bowman, 94, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2005, at Regency Place of Green­wood. She was a resident of Greenwood.

She was born Sept. 10, 1910, in Hart County, Ky. Her parents were Elzie G. and Eva (Butler) Ash. She married Macy B. Bowman on April 16,1929. He preced­ed her in death in 1975. Survivors include a son, Bob Bowman of Franklin; two daughters, Dorothy Stillabower of Indianapolis and Barbara Liddle of Englewood, Fla.; 13 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She was pre­ceded in death by a son, Macy Bowman Jr.; a brother, Hurshell Ash; and two sisters, Dessie Robertson and Hattie Terry.

She was employed by Meier Electric, retiring in 1975.

She was a member of Bluff Creek Christian Church, where she had been a Sunday school teacher for many years.

A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Forest Lawn Funeral Home (formerly Forest Lawn Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Home), 1977 S. State Road 135 in Greenwood. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Greenwood.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bluff Creek Christian Church, 6278 W. State Road 144, Greenwood, IN 46143.

Trancribed by Stuart Johnson