Sixth Generation

1851. Lottie BOWMAN² was born on 2 August 1895 in Alexander County, North Carolina. She died on 5 April 1968 at the age of 72 in Alexander County, North Carolina. She was buried in Friendship Lutheran Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Alexander County, NC.

Lottie BOWMAN and Ephraim Sylvanas BOWMAN were married after 1910. They were married on 12 December 1915 in Alexander County, North Carolina. Ephraim Sylvanas BOWMAN², son of Leander BOWMAN and Martha Rebecca "Becca" BOWMAN, was born on 26 April 1877 in Alexander County, North Carolina.⁷⁷⁸ He was born on 26 April 1877 in Alexander County, North Carolina.⁷⁷⁸ He died on 15 June 1963 at the age of 86. Ephraim was buried in Friendship Lutheran Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Alexander County, NC. He was buried in Friendship Lutheran Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Alexander County, NC.

Lottie BOWMAN and Ephraim Sylvanas BOWMAN had the following children:

4152	i.	Rayford BOWMAN (private).
4153	ii.	Graydon BOWMAN (private).
4154	iii.	Lucille Lois BOWMAN (private).
4155	iv.	Arlie Ray BOWMAN (private).
4156	v.	Florence Arveta BOWMAN2 was born on 6 July 1921 in Alexander County, North Carolina. She died on 11 July 2006 at the age of 85 in Lutheran Home West, Hickory, North Carolina. She was buried in Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery, Bethlehem, Alexander County, NC. Her obituary appeared as follows: HICKORY - Florence Arveta Bowman, 85, of Thirteenth Avenue, NE, Hickory, died Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at Lutheran Home-Hickory West. Born July 6, 1921, in Alexander County, she was a daughter of the late Ephram and Lottie Bowman. She worked for Snyder Paper and was a member of St. Stephens Lutheran Church ELCA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Constance Elaine Bowman; a son, Larry Eugene Bowman; a sister, Dorothy Fox; and three brothers, Escer Bowman, Grayden Bowman and Arlie "Shine" Bowman. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Debbie B. Chapman and husband, Nick, of Hickory; a son and daughter-in-law, Tim M. Bowman and wife, Kay, of Bethlehem; three grandchildren, Nicole Bowman, Heather Bowman and Fawn Bowman; four sisters and brothers-in-law, Fleta Preslar and husband, Kern, of Bethlehem, Joyce Deal, Evelyn Teague and Lucille Gant and husband, Fred, of Taylorsville; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Kenneth Bowman and wife, Elaine, Edward Bowman and wife, Brenda, Rayford Bowman of Taylorsville, and Evelyn Bowman of Hickory; and a number of nieces and nephews. A Service of Remembrance will be held at 1 p.m. today in the Chapel of Drum Funeral Home in Conover. The Rev. Craig Saltzer will officiate. Burial will follow in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. today at Drum Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, N.C. 28658, or Lutheran Home- West, Patient Care, 1125 Tenth Street Blvd., NW, Hickory, N.C. 28601. The Bowman family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home and Cremations in Conover. [Published in the Hickory Daily Record on 7/13/2006]
4157	vi.	Fleta Irene BOWMAN (private).
+4158	vii.	Escar Sylvanus BOWMAN.
+4159	viii.	Carroll Rayford BOWMAN.
4160	ix.	Mary Evelyn BOWMAN (private).
4161	x.	Kenneth William BOWMAN (private).
+4162	xi.	Dorothy Christine BOWMAN.