Seventh Generation

4133. Ruby Belle BOWMAN² was born on 27 September 1918 in Alexander County, North Carolina. She died on 3 June 2010 at the age of 91 in Hospice Home, Burlington, NC. Her obituary appeared as follows: BURLINGTON - Ruby B. Lail, 91, of 727 West Davis St., Burlington, died at the Hospice Home in Burlington on Thursday, June 3, 2010. A native of Alexander County, she was the wife of the late Harold J. Lail and the daughter of Claude Eli Bowman and Ollie Isenhour Bowman, both deceased. She was a retired interior decorator. Ruby was a member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Hickory. Survivors include two sons, H. Wayne Lail of Burlington and Larry A. Lail and wife, Paula, of Easley, S.C.; one brother, Loyd P. Bowman of Sumter, S.C.; one granddaughter; and one great-granddaughter. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to St. Andrews Lutheran Church Music Fund, 629 Eighth St., NE, Hickory, N.C. 28601-5199; or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215. Rich & Thompson Funeral and Cremation Service in Burlington is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be offered to www.richandthompson.com. [Published in Hickory Daily Record on June 5, 2010]

Ruby Belle BOWMAN and Harold Jones LAIL were married estimated 1938. Harold Jones LAIL, son of Edgar Jones LAIL and Carrie Mildred CLINE, was born on 9 April 1916 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 9 November 1975 at the age of 59 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina.