THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, January 2, 1996 TAG: 9601020007
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
Odell Jones Bowles, 77, of 309 Plover Drive, died Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995.
Mr. Bowles, a native of Portsmouth, was a retired captain of the Portsmouth Fire Department. He was a member of Cottage Place United Methodist Church, Tidal Wave Lodge (NU)273 A.F.&A.M., and Port Norfolk Royal Arch Chapter (NU)36.
Survivors include his wife, Loraine D. Bowles; two sons, Robert E. Bowles of Suffolk and Douglas L. Bowles of Virginia Beach; a brother, Clyde R. Bowles of Virginia Beach; two brothers-in-law, William Dunn and Grover V. Dunn; three grandchildren, Jennifer B. Gordon and her husband, Scott, Brent A. Bowles, and Sara K. Bowles.
The funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. James D. Thomas. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 7 p.m. today. Memorial donations may be made to Cottage Place United Methodist Church, 442 Jamestown Ave., Portsmouth, Va. 23704, or the Alzheimer's Association, Hampton Roads Chapter (NU)20, the Koger Center, Suite 233, Norfolk, Va. 23502.
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