Rose Tremor Bowyer

Rose Etna Tremor Bowyer, age 94, entered into rest Friday October 14, 2022. 

A memorial service will be held 5 pm, Tuesday October 25th 2022 at Kings Highway Christian Church. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service, from 4 – 5 pm.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Omar Bowyer; daughter, Marlene Terry; granddaughter, Megan Coleman.

Surviving are sons Ronald Bowyer and wife Judy, John Bowyer and wife Emmie, and a daughter Jetta Bowyer Biggs and husband Mike. She is also survived by 9 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren, all of whom love “GramRose” very much.

Rose started her life in Crosset, Arkansas on September 8, 1928. She lost her mother soon after her birth. She was raised by loving aunts and uncles. Years later, soon-to-be husband was stationed in the Army in Arkansas, and as luck would have it, they met on a bus they both happened to be riding. They married after he was discharged from the army.

They moved to West Virginia where they spent all of their married life. Rose raised four children and had years of fun projects and traveling with them. She was also the head librarian for Pocahontas County, WV. She was able to get libraries and lots of books for all parts of the county.

After retirement and her husband’s death, she went to live with a daughter (Jetta) in Eden, North Carolina. There she spent her time reading lots of books that she never had time to read as a librarian. She attended King’s Highway Christian Church and sang in the choir.

She gradually declined as leukemia started taking over her body. She never complained. Her message to us all has always been, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”

Memorial donations can be made to Hospice of Rockingham County, PO Box 281, Wentworth, NC 27375; Eden Public Library, 598 S Pierce St, Eden, NC 27288; Green Bank Public Library, 5683 Potomac Highlands Trl, Green Bank, WV, 24944.