Ruth Porter Bowers

 
Breckenridge American Newspaper – Date unknown
 
                Mrs. Sid (Ruth) Bowers, age 99, of Abilene, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1995, at Mesa Springs Nursing Center.
                Services and final committal were 3 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, 1995, at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, in Terrell, with Rev. James Tidenberg officiating. Burial was in Oakland Memorial Park. The services were under the direction of Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home in Abilene.
                Bowers was born Jan. 28, 1895, in Terrell, the daughter of Walter C. and Bessie Crumbaugh Porter. She grew up and attended school in Terrell. She attended Mary Hardin Baylor Academy, and in 1921 she graduated from Baylor University School of Nursing.
                On Dec. 8m 1926, she married Sidney F. Bowers, in Fort Worth. He preceded her in death in 1982. She lived in Breckenridge from 1937 until 1982 when she moved to Abilene. Bowers was a homemaker and a member of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church.
                Survivors include: one daughter, Beth (Mrs. Neal) McLeskey, of Abilene; a daughter-in-law, Bonnie Frasier bowers, of Dallas; one brother, Bill Porter, of Terrell; two sisters, Mrs. Leroy Jennings, of Abilene, and Mrs. Homer Nelson, of Waco; six grandchildren; and, five great-grandchildren.
                She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Sidney E. Bowers; and five brothers, John C. Porter, Harry A. Porter, J.W. Porter, Charles M. Porter, and Tom P. Porter.
                Memorials may be made to Hospice of Abilene, P.O. Box 1922, Abilene, Texas 79604; or the Hospice of donor’s city.

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