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Virginia Tobitha Powers Bowers, 83, a resident of the Norton community, passed away Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, in the Barbour County Good Samaritan Center at Belington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had been in failing health for the past year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was born Sept. 18, 1920, at Huttonsville, the daughter of the late Charles W. and Alma Kimbrew Powers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Nov. 18, 1939, she was united in marriage to Forest H. Bowers, who preceded her in death on Jan. 28, 2002 in Fort Meade, Fla. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were married for 62 years. Surviving are two sons, Forest David Bowers and wife, Jane, of Norton and Philip Bowers and wife, Arlene, of Tampa, Fla.; two daughters, Joy Rossi and husband, Jack, of Charleston and Jane Pingley and husband, Ken, of Norton; one brother, Clair Eldon Powers and wife, Virginia, of Las Vegas, Nev.; one sister-in-law, Ruth Bowers O\u2019Fallon of Missouri; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preceding her in death besides her parents were two brothers, Warren E. Powers and Edgar Powers; and one sister, Willa Powers Rowan Lindsey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Bowers attended the schools of Randolph County and graduated from Coalton High School with the class of 1939. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was a homemaker who loved to sew and quilt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She and her husband, Forest, spent many years in Fort Meade, Fla., where she was a member of the Lake Buffin Baptist Church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was a charter member of the First Christian Church in Elkins. She will be sadly missed by her family, friends and those whose lives she touched. Friends may call from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. today at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, she will be moved to the First Christian Church where funeral services will be at 11 a.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rev. Lynn Crouch and the Rev. Kent Price will officiate and interment will follow in Elkins Memorial Gardens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Hospice Care Corp., 929 S. Davis Ave., Suite D, Elkins, W.Va. 26241 in memory of Mrs. Bowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Virginia Tobitha Powers Bowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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