Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, December 18, 1993 TAG: 9312200212
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: PEARISBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT BOWLING, DORA BOYER
BOWLING, Dora Boyer, 69, of Pearisburg, died Thursday, December 16, 1993 at
Radford Community Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Bowling was born on
September 26, 1924 in Hinton, W.Va. and was the daughter of the late Homer
Cecil and Theresa Talbert Boyer, Mrs. Bowling was a member of the Pearisburg
Baptist Church and a past Worthy Matron of the Pearis Chapter #124, order of
the Eastern Star. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. Connie
B. and Steve Strasser of Enoree, S.C.; one son and daughter-in-law, Carroll A.
Bowling Jr. and Judy Bowling of Dublin; six grandchildren, Richard Anderson,
Tina Pressley, Curry Bowling, Mindi Anderson, Natalie Quesenberry and Cheryl
Bowling; two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday,
December 19, 1993 at 2 p.m. at the Pearisburg Baptist Church with the Rev.
Wilson Conwell and the Rev. Phil Taylor officiating. Interment will follow at
Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg. The family will receive friends at the
Givens Funeral Home in Pearisburg from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday evening. There
will be an Eastern Star service at 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be
made to the Pearisburg Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society, Giles
County Unit, P.O. Box 522, Pearisburg, VA 24134.
by CNB