Submitted by:

Robert L. Haddock

 

Surnames: BOWERS, ELLIS, JAMAR

 

TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM

Temple, Bell Co., Texas

Monday, July 2, 1973

 

James Bowers

 

     WACO – James E. (Eff) Bowers, 87, of Eddy, died Friday in an Austin hospital after a long illness.

 

     Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Eddy Baptist Church, the Rev. George Huey and the Rev. Ronald Durham officiating.  Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Park in Waco.

 

     Mr. Bowers was born in Pontiac, Miss., and came to Falls County in 1890. He lived there until moving to Austin in 1969. He was a member of the Eddy Baptist Church and a Deacon for many years.

 

     Surviving are his wife, Floy Bowers, of Austin; two daughters, Mrs. Sybil Ellis of Burbank, Cal., and Mrs. Joe Jamar of Austin.

 

     Wilkirson-Hatch Funeral of Waco is in charge.