| Eva Marie Bower Owens, 89, formerly of Elizabeth, died Dec. 28,
                  2002, at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. 
                  She was born in Calhoun County, a daughter of the late Roy and Icie Taylor
                  Bower. She was a member of O.E.S. Wirt County, Chapter 113, Elizabeth
                  Homemakers Club, and a member of the Elizabeth Baptist Church. 
                  She is survived by two daughters, Wannetta and husband James Kemp of
                  Elizabeth, and Yuvhon and husband Frank Dotson of Parkersburg; one
                  granddaughter, Kathryn and husband Criss Cumberledge of Elizabeth; and two
                  great-grandchildren, Thomas and Whitney Cumberledge.
                  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Willis
                  Owens, in 1978; three brothers, Morris, Delmas and Hamp Bower; and four
                  sisters, Thelma Haught, Gladis Hickman, Francis Owens and Nona Garretson.
                  Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home,
                  Pike Street, south Parkersburg, the Rev. Mark McCloy officiating. Burial will be
                  in the K of P Cemetery, Elizabeth. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. today and
                  from 9 a.m. until the time of services Tuesday |