Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Birthbef Jun 11, 1917, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Ruth Bowman Terrell
DeathJun 11, 2005, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Ruth Bowman Terrell
BurialMount Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery (Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Alamance), 4400 Alamance Church Road, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Ruth Bowman Terrell
ReligionMember Of Grove Park Baptist Church3, Ruth Bowman Terrell
FatherLawrence Lee BOWMAN (1891-1970)
MotherCallie Louola CLAPP (1891-1947)
Spouses
BirthDec 3, 1918, North Carolina156,470, Archie Amos Terrell
DeathOct 18, 1968, Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Ruth Bowman Terrell,470, Archie Amos Terrell
BurialMount Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery (Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Alamance), 4400 Alamance Church Road, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Archie Amos Terrell
FatherWesley Lee TERRELL (1893-1946)
MotherNannie L TERRELL (1900-1995)
ChildrenDarrell Donnell (-<2026)
Obituary Online notes for Ruth BOWMAN
6/12/2005

OBITUARIES Ruth Bowman Terrell 

    BURLINGTON — Ruth Bowman Terrell , 88, formerly of 105 Colonial Drive, died Saturday June 11, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center following 3 weeks of critical illness.

    A native of Guilford County, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence L. and Callie Clapp Bowman  and was married to the late Archie Amos Terrell. She was a retired employee of Kayser-Roth Hosiery Company and a member of Grove Park Baptist Church.

    Survivors include a daughter, Janice Terrell (Dave) Salladay of Tobaccoville, N.C.; a son, Darrell D. (Gerrie) Terrell of Elon, N.C.; a grandchild, Jennifer (Clay) Foster; great –grandchildren Brittany and Cameron Foster; brothers Van Bowman of Burlington, N.C. and Donald (Avale) Bowman  of Wallace, N.C.; and half brother Howard (Myrtle) Bowman of Kimesville, NC.

    She was preceded in death by brothers Mutt Bowman, Jeff Bowman, Richard Bowman, and Vernon Bowman.

    A graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at Lowe Funeral Home Monday from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

    In lieu of flowers and food, memorials may be made to Grove Park Baptist Church, 108 Trail One, Burlington, NC 27215 or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.

    Condolences may be sent to the family at lowefh@bellsouth.net 3, Ruth Bowman Terrell
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