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DATE: THURSDAY, February 24, 1994                   TAG: 9402240302
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RURAL RETREAT                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT BOWERS, MABEL LITZ

BOWERS, Mabel Litz, 83, of Route 1, Rural Retreat, died Tuesday, February 22, 1994, at her residence. She was the widow of Sandy Bowers and a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church in Rural Retreat. She is survived by a niece, Barbara A. Threatt, Roanoke; a nephew, Kenneth Sledd, Marion, Va.; several half nieces and nephews, half sister, Rose Phillippi of Rural Retreat, and a special friend, Belle S. Ayers, Rural Retreat, Va. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, February 24, 1994 from the Lindsey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Martin officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family sincerely requests that those whom prefer may make memorials to the Rural Retreat Emergency Services. Friends may call at Lindsey Funeral Home. Lindsey Funeral Home, Rural Retreat is in charge of arrangements.



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