• Born: 30 January 1941, Byrnside, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA ^{2 3}
• Marriage (1): Carolyn Lee THOMAS before 1962 in prob Illinois, USA ¹
• Died: 3 March 2004, Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois, USA at age 63 ^{3 4}
• Buried: 8 March 2004, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA ^{3 4}

  General Notes

MURPHYSBORO —  Tommy E. "Tomcat" Stowers I, 63, passed away at 11:25 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, 2004, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2004, at Pettett Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Memorial Park, with military services conducted by the American Legion Post 127, VFW Posts 7190 and 2605 and the Jackson County DAV Chapter 69. Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Tommy was born Jan. 30, 1941, in Brynside, W.Va., to Earl Lee Stowers and Macel Lydia (McAllister) Stowers.

He had worked as a farmhand. Before his illness, he enjoyed talking on the CB radio.

Mr. Stowers was a U.S. Army veteran.

He is survived by four children, nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, two brothers, one sister, and three very special friends.  He was preceded in death by one brother, Jerome Stowers, and his parents.

   —  Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, IL), Friday, March 5, 2004, page 3; modified slightly to protect the privacy of living individuals, kmh.

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  Death Notes

Memorial Hospital

  Burial Notes

Pleasant Grove Memorial Park

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Parents: Earl Lee Stowers and Macel Lydia McAllister.

Tommy married Carolyn Lee THOMAS, daughter of Elvin Edward THOMAS and Lena Cora MAGLONE, before 1962 in prob Illinois, USA.¹ (Carolyn Lee THOMAS was born on 24 October 1943 in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA, died on 6 February 2005 in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA and was buried on 9 February 2005 in Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois, USA.). The cause of her death was cancer.