The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 23, 1997            TAG: 9701230247
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   22 lines

JOYCE GOWER

Joyce Gower, 68, of the 2800 block of Princeton Ave., died Jan. 21, 1997.

Born in Plymouth, N.C., she was a retired accounting clerk for Pure Oil Co. She was a Protestant.

Survivors include two sisters, Bernice G. Carawan and Shirley G. Ambrose, both of Chesapeake; a brother, David B. Gower of Chesapeake; four nieces, Cheryl Corvello of Newport News, Sue Yates of Chesapeake, Royce Parker of Virginia Beach and Emily Putnam of Grandy, N.C.; nephews, Donald Carawan, James Ambrose, Leon Ambrose and Joseph Bonneville, all of Chesapeake, and Jerry Bonneville of Lynchburg, Va.

A graveside service will be conducted at noon Friday by the Rev. Charles L. Moseley in Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will be at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, from 7 to 8 p.m. today to receive friends.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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