James Allen Bowers Sr.

James Allen Bowers Sr. obituary, Decatur, TN

James Allen Bowers Sr.

James Bowers Obituary

Published by Walker Funeral Home - Walnut Hills Chapel on Dec. 29, 2022.
James Allen "Jim" Bowers, Sr., age 80, a native of West Virginia and resident of Decatur for 34 years, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022. Jim was the son of the late Harold and Lillian Taylor Bowers. He was a member of McMahan Calvary Baptist Church in Athens. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran and retired from Norfolk Southern Railway. Jim owned and operated Bowers Funeral Home for over 30 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Ann Runyon Bowers, his son, Scott David Bowers. He is survived by his wife, Jane Lillard Bowers, son, James Allen Bowers, Jr., stepson, Mark (Karen) Lillard; grandchildren, Casie (Jacob) Bowers-Cantrell, Braden Bowers, Rachel (Robert) Cole, Danisha Lillard, Serenity Lillard, Elijah Lillard; four great-grandchildren, sister, Linda (Tom) Runyon, special friends, Virginia and Mike Godsey Robinson, John and Susie Whalen. Interment Monday, January 2, 2023, at Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Meigs County, Tennessee.

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