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

DATE: Saturday, June 15, 1996               TAG: 9606150278
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   17 lines

JANIE B. BOWERS

Janie B. Bowers, 93, died Thursday, June 13, 1996, in a local nursing home.

Mrs. Bowers was born in Bertie County, N.C., and was the widow of James E. Bowers. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church and a retired seamstress.

Survivors include a daughter, Lorraine Barnes and son-in-law, Raymond, of Norfolk; a granddaughter, Pamela Anderson and her husband, Jim, of Stafford, Va.; two great-grandsons, James and Wayne Anderson; and a great-great-granddaughter, Kaylen.

The family will receive friends today from 7 to 8 p.m. in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel. Services will be private.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB