Ruth Dills Bowling

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CENSUS RECORDS

1940 Census
Name: Ruth Bowling
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1933
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Street: State Road Route 81
Inferred Residence in 1935: Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 1st grade
Household Members:
Name Age
James H Bowling 55
Mary Bowling 47
Eleanor Bowling 19
Francis Bowling 16
Ethel Bowling 14
James Bowling 11
Gladys Bowling 9
Ruth Bowling 7
Ralph Bowling 5
Dorothy Bowling 3

OBITUARY

Ruth Bowling Chambers, 82 of North Tazewell, VA died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital. Born December 6, 1932 at Witten Valley in Tazewell, VA she was a daughter of the late James Higginbotham Bowling and Mary Ethel Dills Bowling. She was a member of the Adria Community Church. Ruth was a senior caregiver and loved her work dearly. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James C. Chambers; eight sisters, Eva Hall, Alice Harris, Eleanor Covington, Ethel Brewster, Frances Turner, Gladys Elliott, Dorothy Bowling, and Lillie Vance Bowling; three brothers, Edward, James, and Ralph Bowling. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews including Harrison "Buddy" Flanagin and Susan Griffith who were Ruth?s caregivers; sisters in law, Bobbie Bowling of Marion, VA and Pat Bowling of Hyattsville, MD; several great nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 PM Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell, VA with The Reverend Don Elswick officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield, VA. Pallbearers will be Junior Flanagin, Doug Flanagin, Charles Kirby, Monroe Flanagin, Zachary Griffith, and Tengin Oldham.

Birth:
Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Ruth Dills Bowling
Birth Date: 6 Dec 1932
Birth Place: Tazewell Co. VA

Ruth married James Carlos CHAMBERS 04 Aug 1983, Tazewell Co. VA. James (son of Carlos CHAMBERS and Mary Bowers) was born 16 Feb 1927, Tazewell Co. VA; died 03 Mar 2006, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: James Carlos Chambers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 56
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1927
Marriage Date: 4 Aug 1983
Marriage Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Registration Place: Tazewell, Virginia
Father: Carlos Chambers
Mother: Mary Bowers
Spouse: Ruth Dills Bowling
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 50
Spouse Birth Date: 6 Dec 1932
Spouse Father: James Bowling
Spouse Mother: Mary Ethel Dills