The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, June 9, 1996                  TAG: 9606090017
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   20 lines

SADIE H. BOWERS

Sadie Hendrick Bowers, 87, of West Colin Drive, died June 7, 1996, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mrs. Bowers, the widow of Russell C. Bowers, was a native of Richmond. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church.

She is survived by her loving family, including a daughter, Charleene ``Cookie'' Howell of Portsmouth; two grandchildren, Lynn Edwards, Carter Howell and his wife, Rebecca, all of Portsmouth; a great-grandchild, Joshua Howell; two nieces, Gloria Shupe and her husband, John, of Richmond, Ann Finnell and her husband, Don, of Spotsylvania, Va.; and additional great-nieces and great-nephews of Richmond.

The body was shipped from Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, to Nelson Funeral Home, Richmond, for services and burial.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB