Joseph William Bowers, 86, of Greenville passed away on April 15, 2009 at Greenville Health and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be at 2:00 PM Sunday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Royce Litchfield officiating. Private interment will be at Sullivan Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Saturday at the funeral home.
Mr. Bowers was born on April 17, 1922 in Greenville to Robert and Mattie Bowers. He married Hazel at the Washington Street Baptist Church in Greenville. He served in the United States Army during WWII and retired from E/Systems as a chemist. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of the alumni at Oklahoma State University.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel M. Bowers of Greenville; sons Carl Bowers and wife, Mary of Greenville, Willard Bowers and wife, Erna of Denton, Emmerson Bowers and wife, Myrtie of Campbell, Clifton Bowers of Dallas, and Julian Bowers of Denton; daughter Brenda Moore of Greenville; sister Betty Brooks of Caddo Mills; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
His parents and two sisters preceded him in death.
