Clara Bowles Obituary
A native of Moore County, she was a daughter of the late F.W. and Margaret McCaskill VonCanon. Clara graduated from business school and went to work at Sanford Furniture as a clerk. She was also a homemaker while her children were young. She worked in the lunchroom at Carthage Elementary School for several years, and in the 1980's she worked as an office assistant for the Town of Carthage. After that she became a caretaker for her husband Robert Bowles until his passing in 1994.
In addition to her husband Clara was preceded in death by; brothers Whit and John VonCanon; sisters Alice Cotton, Beth Buchanan, Jean Hilton, Julia Rose, Peggy Wyatt; grandson Eric Bowles.
She is survived by: her children Bethany Harper and husband Kenneth, Richard Bowles, Susan Bowles all of Carthage; grandchildren Adam Bowles, Christopher Harper (Sumer); great-grandchildren Aiden and Andrew Harper.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday at Carthage United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Cross Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service in the Shaw Room of Carthage United Methodist Church.
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