Joan Bowers

April 5, 1940-Nov. 27, 2019

Joan F. Bowers of Savannah, Georgia, formerly of Crawfordsville, passed away Wednesday night at her residence.  She was 79.

Joan graduated from Coal Creek Central High School, class of 1958.  She graduated from nurse's training at Marion County General Hospital in 1961 via the Culver Guild Auxiliary Scholarship.  She worked at Culver Hospital, Home Hospital, Heritage House, Williamsburg Nursing Home and Carmen Nursing Home, as well as thirteen years at the Office working as a bookkeeper.  She was a long-time member at the First Christian Church of Crawfordsville and the Women's Auxiliary of American Legion Post 72.

Born April 5, 1940 in Lafayette, Indiana, she was the daughter of Woodrow Wilson Myers and H. Georgia Horton Myers.  She married John C. "Jack" Bowers on Oct. 20, 1960 at the Wingate Christian Church.  He passed away Oct. 2, 2006.

Surviving family includes: son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Susan Bowers of Savannah, Georgia; step-son and daughter-in-law, John L. and Karen Bowers of Pittsboro, Indiana; brother and sister-in-law, Robert W. and Reva Myers of Robinson, Illinois; four grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and thirteen step-great-grandchildren and two step-great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorial services will be at Burkhart Funeral Home, Crawfordsville, on Saturday, December 7 ^th at 11 AM, with visitation from 10 AM until the service.  Inurnment will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wingate.