Tift County GaArchives Obituaries.....Elizabeth Davis  Dowers  February 1 2003
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Winnette Stinson gnw@rose.net February 7, 2003, 8:28 am

Nixon Funeral Home, Feb 7, 2003

TIFTON -- Elizabeth Davis Dowers, 102, of Tifton, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, 
at Tift Regional Medical Center after an extended illness.

Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday at Allen Temple AME Church. The 
Rev. Richard Yancey and the Rev. Reginald Jacobs will officiate. Burial will 
follow at Tift Memorial Gardens.

Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Born April 30, 1900, in Tift County, Mrs. Dowers was the daughter of James 
Davis and Sally Thomas Davis, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by 
her husband, Willie Dowers, and two children, Willie Nell Dowers and Richard 
Dowers Sr.

A lifetime resident of Tift County, Mrs. Dowers was a homemaker and a member of 
Cherry Grove Freewill Baptist Church in Eldorado. 

She is survived by one son, J.D. Dowers of Atlanta; five daughters, Sallie D. 
Holmes of Tampa, Fla., Ida Ruth Dowers of Augusta, Virginia Barnes of Savannah, 
Elizabeth Dowers and Bertha D. Webb, both of Tifton; one daughter-in-law, 
Fannie Nell Dowers; 23 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-
great-grandchildren.

Nixon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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