Rachel Ann Bowles

Rachel Ann Watkins Bowles

Rachel Ann Watkins Bowles went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 3, 2010.

She was born on July 2, 1963, in North Garden, Virginia, to Evelyn L. Walker Watkins and the late Andrew Watkins Sr. She was also preceded in death by her grandparents, Elizabeth and Thomas Walker and Alma and Tom Watkins; and mother-in-law, Blanche Bowles.

Rachel was educated in the Albemarle County Public School System. She worked for many years at Arby's and was currently working at Carriage Cleaners for the past six years. She was a hard and dedicated worker. Most of her life was spent working.

In addition to her mother, Evelyn Watkins, she also leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Barry Bowles; six aunts, Christine Crenshaw and her husband, Lawrence, Ruth Goodloe, Wilma Walker and Lena Terrell and her husband, Norman, all of Charlottesville, Virginia, Beatrice W. Banks of Richmond, Virginia, and Helen Byers of North Garden, Virginia; four uncles, Walter and William Walker of Charlottesville, Lewis Watkins of Esmont, and Jimmy Watkins of Washington, D.C.; three sisters, Linda Watkins of Charlottesville, Virginia, Sherry and Audra Watkins of Washington, D.C.; three brothersm Andrew Watkins Jr. and his wife, Dawn, of Waynesboro, Virginia, Paul Watkins and his wife, Tammy, of Suffork, Virginia, and Thomas Watkins and his wife, Petrina, of Washington, D.C.; two sisters-in-law, Margurite Murray and Henrietta Jett, both of Esmont, Virginia; one brother-in-law, James Bowles Jr. of Greene County; a father-in-law, James E. Bowles of Esmont, Virginia; her dog, "Duce"; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Monday, September 13, 2010, at Rising Sun Baptist Church in North Garden, Virginia, with Doctor Beverly Walker officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the church.

J.F. Bell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements www.jfbellfuneralhome.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.