Otis Olen "Footlong" Bowers^{[1, 2]}

1911 - 2008  (97 years)

• Name	Otis Olen "Footlong" Bowers
  Born	7 Dec 1911	Monroe County, Tennessee   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	District 3, Loudon County, Tennessee   [4]
  Died	20 Dec 2008	Greenback, Tennessee   [5]
  Buried	23 Dec 2008	Oakland Cemetery, Monroe County, Tennessee   [6]
  Person ID	I344336	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Joseph Roscoe Bowers,   b. 1 Apr 1882, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Nov 1957, McMinn County, Tennessee  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Ida Mae Rodgers,   b. 6 Mar 1882,   d. 20 Feb 1965  (Age 82 years)
  Married	4 May 1904	McMinn County, Tennessee   [7]
  Family ID	F135319	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Anna Lee Grindell,   b. 29 Dec 1912, Monroe County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Jan 2005  (Age 92 years)
  Married	Abt 1934
  Children	1. Audrie Ercile Bowers,   b. 30 Sep 1934, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Aug 1943, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 8 years)   2. Joe F. Bowers,   b. Abt 1937, Tennessee  (Age ~ 87 years)   3. Wilburn Rufus Bowers,   b. Abt 1938, Tennessee  (Age ~ 86 years) + 4. Joyce Bowers   5. Maxine Bowers   6. Carol Bowers
  Family ID	F135301	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Dec 1911 - Monroe County, Tennessee Died - 20 Dec 2008 - Greenback, Tennessee Buried - 23 Dec 2008 - Oakland Cemetery, Monroe County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Miller Funeral Home, (http://www.millerfuneralhome.org), 26 Feb 2013. Nina B. Blankenship obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 27 Jan 2005. Anna Lee Grindell Bowers obituary [S116] Birth Certificate. name: Odes Olen Bowers gender: Male christening date: christening place: birth date: 07 Dec 1911 birthplace: Monroe, Tennessee death date: name note: race: father's name: Joe Bowers father's birthplace: father's age: mother's name: Ida Mae mother's birthplace: mother's age: indexing project (batch) number: C51956-6 system origin: Tennessee-EASy gs film number: 956236 reference id: 2:1J42C4J [S112] Census, 1940. name: Otis O Bower titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Civil District 3, Loudon, Tennessee, United States gender: Male age: 28 marital status: Married race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Head birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1912 residence in 1935: Rural, Loudon, Tennessee enumeration district number: 53-13 family number: 58 sheet number and letter: 3B line number: 44 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3914 digital folder number: 005461356 image number: 00462 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Otis O Bower M 28 Tennessee wife Anna G Bower F 27 Tennessee son Ercile A Bower M 5 Tennessee son Joe F Bower M 3 Tennessee son Wilburn R Bower M 2 Tennessee [S52] Miller Funeral Home, (http://www.millerfuneralhome.org), 20 Dec 2008. (December 7, 1911 - December 20, 2008) Otis O. “Footlog” Bowers, age 97, of Greenback, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 20, 2008 at home while surrounded by family and friends. He was retired from ALCOA with 32 years of service and a member of the 25 year club. He was a 32 Degree Mason and a member of the Greenback Masonic Lodge # 691 F & AM. Preceded in death by wife, Anna Lee Bowers, parents, Joseph and Ida Mae Bowers and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include sons and daughters in law, Joe and Lorene Bowers, and Rufus and Paula Bowers; daughters and sons in law, Joyce and Charles Sparks, Carolene and Jerry Traxler, and Maxine and Randall McCarter; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren; brother, David; sister, Helen; and several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Judes Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38101. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Oakland United Methodist Church, Rev. Steve Yeaney and Rev. Kerin Joines officiating. The interment will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may call at their convenience from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Oakland United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Miller Funeral Home, Maryville, 865-982-6041, www.millerfuneralhome.org. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 33580774). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: Joe Bowers Spouse's Name: Ida Rogers Event Date: 04 May 1904 Event Place: Mcminn, Tennessee