Alberta Bowers

Walhalla, SC--Mary Alberta Bowers died Wednesday, November 28, 2007, at Oconee Memorial Hospital in Seneca, South Carolina. Born on March 23, 1926, in Mountain Rest, South Carolina, she was the daughter of Virgil Howard and Bessie Jane Brown Ramey. A graduate of Tallahassee Community College, she worked as a registered nurse in Tallahassee, Florida, for many years. When she retired, she returned to Oconee County, where she lived at 910 Main Street, Walhalla, until her death. She and the late Dr. James Harrison Bowers were the parents of three children: Jane Bowers Hill of Carrollton, Georgia, James Bowers of the home, and John Bowers of Mountain Rest, all of whom survive her. In addition, she is survived by five grandchildren: Betsy Martin of Kennesaw, Georgia, Jess and Addie Bowers of Mountain Rest, Mike Hill of Gainesville, Florida, and Jay Hill of Chesterton, Indiana; and three great-grandchildren: Luke Hill of Gainesville and Aubrey and Charlotte Hill of Chesterton. Also surviving are her sister, Margaret Sue Ramey Queen, of Mountain Rest, eight loving and beloved nieces and nephews, and her beloved son- and daughters-in-law: Robert Hill of Carrollton, Sarah Griffin Bowers of the home, and Lisa Dawson Bowers of Mountain Rest. She was a devoted member of St. Luke Methodist Church in Walhalla and a passionate volunteer on behalf of the city’s auditorium restoration project and the effort to save Walhalla’s historic Episcopal Church building. Her handmade original quilts created to raise funds for these projects had brought her wide recognition as artist and citizen. Visitation will be Friday, November 30, 20007, from six to eight p.m. at Davenport Funeral Home in Walhalla. The funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 1, 2007, at St. Luke Methodist Church, with burial to follow at Double Springs Methodist Church in Mountain Rest. Contributions may be made to St. Luke Methodist Church, 607 East Main Street, Walhalla, SC 29691 or the fund to save the Episcopal Church: Save Our Church, P.O. Box 815, Walhalla, SC 29691. The family is at the residence.