Thora P. Bowles, 87 of Indian Mound, passed away Wednesday November 9, 2011, at Clarksville Nursing & Rehab.
Visitation will be Friday, November 11, 2011, 2:00 PM until the hour of service at the funeral home.
A memorial service will be 3:00 PM Friday at Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home.
She was born May 25, 1924 in Gravesend Kent England, the daughter of John Townsend and Elizabeth Philpot. She came to the US in 1965 and moved to Tennessee in 2000 to be with sister- in- law Patricia Piatt and family.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Denis V Bowles.
She is survived by two sons. Ronald Bowles of Oregon, and Alan Bowles of NC; three daughters, Lavinia Gray of AR, Vivien Carroll of England and Denise Phippen of CO; two brothers, three sisters, twelve grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Online condolences can be made at neal-tarpley.com.
Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, Tennessee 37040.