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Bluefield, WV-
Dixie Lee Sowers, 92, of 2652 South Lane, Bluefield, died Thursday November 30,
2006 at her residence.
Mrs. Sowers was the
daughter of the late Crockett Franklin Lambert and Virginia Anne Combs Lambert
and sister of the late Frances Anne Lambert Doughten. She was a member of the
College Avenue Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Beaver High School, class
of 1932 and a graduate of the Norwegian Lutheran School of Nursing, Brooklyn,
New York in 1935.
Mrs. Sowers was
employed as a private duty nurse at the old Bluefield Sanitarium for many years
and then employed as a Public Health Nurse with the County and State Public
Health Departments of West Virginia. She retired after 26 years of service.
She is survived by her
husband of 68 years, James Day Sowers, one sister, Rebecca (Betty) Lambert
Taulbee of Van Nuys, California, one niece, Anne Ferrell Akers of Aiken, South
Carolina and one nephew, James Taulbee of Van Nuys, California.
Private services will
be conducted at a later time.
Contributions may be
made to College Avenue Baptist Church Memorial Fund, Jefferson Street,
Bluefield, WV 24701.
Those wishing to share
memories or condolences may do so by visiting
www.mercerfuneralhome.com
Mercer Funeral Home &
Crematory is serving the Sowers family.
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