TITLE:  Laurie Rhodes Bowman

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 30, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Laurie Rhodes Bowman, 87, of 101 Sunset Drive, Iva, S.C., wife of the 
late Rodney E. Bowman, died Friday, June 29, 2001, at Hospice House of 
the Upstate.A native of Colleton County, S.C., she was born January 22,
1914, the daughter of the late Lawrence Boswell Rhodes and the late 
Ida Jane Hill Rhodes. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of 
Iva and was a retired rural mail carrier. She was a graduate of 
Ridgeville High School, a charter member of REVIVA, a member of Sunrise
Seniors and a member of W.M.U., T.E.L. Sunday School Class. She was 
also a former G.A. Leader at First Baptist, Iva, and a former president
of Jackson Mill Community Club during the 1970's. She was the last 
surviving member of her immediate family.She is survived by, son Rodney
Earle Bowman, Spartanburg, S.C.; daughters, Janet Bowman, Columbia, Md.,
Yvonne McGee, Iva, S.C., Joyce Ryan, Knoxville, Tenn., Laurie Ann 
Wilson, Anderson, S.C.; 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and 
one great-great-grandchild.She was preceded in death by three brothers
and four sisters.Funeral services will be at First Baptist Church of 
Iva, Sunday, July 1, 3 p.m. Rev. Jerry Gray, Rev. Paul Pinson, and Mrs.
Sonja Sokol will officiate. Burial in Iva City Cemetery, Iva, S.C.The 
family will receive friends at the McDougald Funeral Home, Inc., 
Saturday, June 30, 2001, from 6 to 8 p.m. The body will be moved to 
the church at 2 p.m., Sunday. The family will be at the residence.
Flowers are optional and memorials may be made to Iva First Baptist 
Church, P.O. Box 475, Iva, S.C. 29655, or Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 
Rogers Road, Anderson, S.C. 29621.THE MCDOUGALD FUNERAL HOME, ANDERSON,
S.C., is in charge of arrangements.   (The Post and Courier June 30, 
2001)
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