Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, December 19, 1993 TAG: 9312200295
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE:
DATELINE: FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. LENGTH: Short
OBIT-BOWLING, LUTHER H.
BOWLING, Luther H., 76, of Fairless Hills, Pa., died Friday, December 17,
1993 at the Delaware Valley Medical Center. He was born in Bedford Co., Va.
and resided in Pennsylvania for the past 41 years. He was an electrician
before retiring in 1983. He was a member of the Independent Order of
Oddfellows of Roanoke, the Gothic Lodge #270 F & A.M., and the First Baptist
Church of Levittown and Fairless Hills. He was also a member of the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 269 of Trenton, N.J. and
Local 637 in Roanoke. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Hudson Bowling;
sons, James Bowling of Hillsgrove, Pa., Adrain Bowling of Levittown, Pa.;
daughters, Arlene Ray of Fairless Hills, Pa., Juleece Doey of Wayne, Pa. and
Joy Marsden of Levittown, Pa.; brothers, Buford Bowling of Madison Heights,
Va.; James Bowling of Gretna, Osman Bowling of Bedford, Persing Bowling of
Thaxton, Warren Bowling of Roanoke, Walter (Sam) Bowling of Hardy, Va.;
sisters, Lena Boerner of Covington, Laura Sink, Virginia Anderson, Dester
Poage and Katherine Spradlin, all of Roanoke, Joyce Cooper, Salem, Va.; 15
grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday at Oakey's North Chapel, Roanoke, with Rev. John Ott of Parkway
Wesleyan Church officiating. Calling hours will be before the service. Burial
will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. In lieu of Flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the American
Heart Association.
by CNB