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DATE: Tuesday, August 23, 1994               TAG: 9408230334
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HUNTSVILLE, ALA.                   LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

LINA M. BOWEN

Lina M. Bowen, 65, of Huntsville, died Friday at an Albertville residence.

Survivors include her husband, Kenneth L. Bowen; son, Keith Bowen of Madison, Ala.; daughter, Denise Lemerise of Albertville, Ala.; eight daughters, Dorothy Oldaker, Marie Jackson, Sakie Ferris, Becky Kittrell, Nell Parker, Bertha Zibula, Addie Maston and Julia Swain, all of Hampton Roads; two brothers, Richard Markham of Virginia Beach and Thomas Markham of Seattle, Wash.; and two grandchildren.

The funeral was held Monday, Aug. 22, at 11 a.m. in Laughlin Chapel with the Rev. John Dees officiating. Burial in Bethsaida Baptist Church in Boaz, Ala., with Laughlin Funeral Service, Inc., 2320 Bob Wallace Ave., Huntsville, Ala. 35805, in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB