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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 16, 1993                   TAG: 9303160294
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT                                LENGTH: Short

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OBIT BOWLING, MARY E.

BOWLING, Mary E., 87, of Rocky Mount, died Saturday, March 13, 1993 in Franklin Health Care Center. She was born in Franklin County, November 23, 1905, the daughter of Jim and Kate McBride and was married to Henry Clay Bowling who precedes her in death. Surviving is one daughter, Elizabeth B. Thompson of Danville,; one son, Jim Lee Bowling of Rocky Mount; two sisters, Sally Maxie and Thelma Robertson, both of Rocky Mount; one brother, Lewis McBride of Redwood, Va. Also surviving is one grandson, Ricky Lee Thompson and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, 1993 from Lynch Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Earl Harrelson and Rev. Denver Turner with interment to follow in the family cemetery. Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. Monday and the family will receive friends at Lynch Funeral Home, Tuesday from 11 a.m. till service time.

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