Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthJul 28, 1922, Caswell County, North Carolina3, Nettie Hodges Bowland
DeathDec 4, 2008, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Nettie Hodges Bowland
BurialUnion Ridge Church, 115 Altamahaw-Union Ridge Rd, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Nettie Hodges Bowland
Spouses
BirthJun 17, 1918, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Mr. Edwin  Turner Bowland  Sr.,470, Edwin Turner Bowland, Sr
DeathMay 5, 2007, Veterans Administration Hospital, Durham, North Carolina3, Mr. Edwin  Turner Bowland  Sr.
BurialUnion Ridge Church, 115 Altamahaw-Union Ridge Rd, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Mr. Edwin  Turner Bowland  Sr.
OccupationEmployeed With Acme Feed For 20 Years, And Was A Farmer.3, Mr. Edwin  Turner Bowland  Sr.
ReligionMember Of Union Ridge United Church Of Christ3, Mr. Edwin  Turner Bowland  Sr.
FatherIrven Archie BOWLAND (1886-1946)
MotherZada TURNER (1890-1964)
ChildrenEdwin Turner (1945-1996)
 Andy Hodges (Died as Infant) (1950-1950)
 Ricky Glenn (1954-1985)
Obituary Online notes for Nettie Ella HODGES
12/6/2008

Nettie Hodges Bowland


    BURLINGTON — Nettie Hodges Bowland, 86, of 5951 N.C. 62 North, died December 4, 2008, at Alamance Regional Medical Center.
    Mrs. Bowland was born in Caswell County, N.C. She was a homemaker and a member of Long’s Chapel Christian Church. She was a member of the Democratic Women of Alamance County. Mrs. Bowland and her husband, Edwin Turner Bowland Sr., were awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by former Governor Robert Scott. In 1991 Nettie was named Citizen of the Year by the Pleasant Grove Fire Department.
    Survivors include a son, Randy Malloy Bowland of Burlington; a grandson, Blair Bowland of Burlington; a godchild, Clay Bowland Smith of Mebane; a daughter-in-law, Janice Bowland and husband, Jimmy, of Burlington; sisters, Irene Walker and LaVerne Albright, both of Burlington, and Scottie Pettigrew of Haw River; a brother, George Hodges of Danville, Va.; a sister-in-law, Gertrude Bowland of Burlington; and numerous nieces, nephews and greatnieces and nephews.
    She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Edwin Turner Bowland Sr.; sons, Edwin Turner "Eddie" Bowland Jr., Andy Hodges Bowland and Rickey Glenn Bowland; parents, Johnny Emanuel Hodges and Bertha Foster Hodges; sisters, Annie Lou Hanks, Hattie Thompson, Sarah Everette and Nancy Everette; and brothers, John Malloy Hodges (Nettie’s twin brother), Kenneth Hodges and Dewey Hodges.
    The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at Long’s Chapel Christian Church by the Rev. James Baughn, pastor. Burial will be in Union Ridge Christian Church cemetery.
    The family will receive friends at McClure Funeral Home in Graham from 4 until 6 p.m. Saturday, and at other times they will be at the residence.
    Memorials may be made to Long’s Chapel Christian Church or the charity of your choice.
    Condolences may be sent to www.mcclurefuneralservice.net 3, Nettie Hodges Bowland
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