Thelma Irene Bowles

THELMA IRENE HUGGINS BOWLES, 84, of Memphis, died Saturday, August 6, 2011, at home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel with interment to follow in Memphis Memory Garden Cemetery on Raleigh LaGrange Rd. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Thelma was born in Covington, TN. She worked until retirement at Lowenstein’s and Helen of Memphis. She was a member of Hartland Baptist Church. She spent her life in devotion to her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar L. Bowles; and her siblings Joe Huggins, Nell Huggins Jones, Frances Huggins Johnson, Sam Huggins, and L.B. Huggins. She leaves two children Bruce Bowles and Beverly Dawkins (Charlie) both of Memphis; seven grandchildren Paige Mathias (Brad) of Spring Hill, TN, Jason Bowles (Leah) of Memphis, Elliott Bowles of West Park, FL, Margaret “Maggie” Bowles of Memphis, Charles Dawkins (Brooke) of Oakland, TN, Chad Dawkins (Sarah) of Cordova, TN, Ross Dawkins of Birmingham, AL; and six great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Hartland Baptist Church, 1820 Hartland St. Memphis 38128. Online condolences may be made at www.memphisfuneralhome.net Memphis Funeral Home And Memorial Gardens 5599 Poplar Ave. (901)725-0100 Published in The Commercial Appeal on August 7, 2011