2 JOHNSON CITY PRESS, Deaths Longtime physician Bowman dies 92, 761 Boone Station Road, died Tuesday, April 27, 1999, at Johnson City Medical Center after a brief illness. Dr. Bowman was a native of Boones Creek and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Joseph Robert Bowman Sr. and Julia Catherine Keefauver.
He was a graduate of Boones Creek High School and Milligan College. Dr. Bowman received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University and completed a residency in pediatrics Cinncinati General Hospital in Ohio. He practiced as a pediatrician in Johnson City for eight years before completing a residency in pediatric surgery at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston. He was a pioneer in the field of pediatric surgery, being one of three in the United States after completion of his residency.
In 1974 he relocated to Palm Beach County, where he entered the medical fields of emergency room medicine and family practice. During his Florida he developed the first paramedic EMS program for Palm Beach County. He retired from the field of medicine in 1990 after 57 years of practice and returned to East Tennessee. Dr. Bowman served tenures as president of the Johnson City Preaching Mission and the Johnson City Community Concert Association.
He served as chairman of the board of Milligan College. He was a member of the Hurstleigh Club and the Rotary Club and was on the planning board for the development of Appalachian Christian Village. Dr. Bowman served as deacon and elder at First Christian 'Church, an elder at Sharon Christian Church, West Palm Beach, and was a member of Boones Creek Christian Church. Survivors include his wife, Mary Margaret Beeson Bowman; three daughters, Ahn Beeson Bowman Bradley, Johnson City, Julia Beeson Bowman, Chicago, and Marylyn Beeson Bowman, Kingsport; one grandson, William Bowman Bradley, Johnson City; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
-Dillow-Taylor (753-3821) Dr. Joseph Robert Bowman, MRS. MARION URBAN Mrs. Marion Urban, 85, 304 Allison Road, Piney Flats, died Tuesday, April 27, 1999, at Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs.
Urban was a native of New York City and had lived in Piney Flats for the past 11 years. She was a daughter of the late Balazc and Anna Urban. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Urban was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Urban.
Survivors include one son, John Urban, Stafford, two daughters, Barbara Tibaldi, Bloomingdale, N.J., and Joan Potter, Piney Flats; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Morris-Baker (282-1521) GINGER R. CAMPBELL Ginger Renee Campbell, 38, Rt. 1, Unicoi, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999, at Johnson City Medical Center. Miss Campbell was a native Washington County and a daughter of Lee V.
and Margaret Sluder Campbell, Unicoi. She was a Baptist. Survivors, in addition to her parents, include one brother, Richard Dale Campbell, Unicoi; and one sister, Donna Carr, Colorado Springs, Colo. Woodall-Anderson (928-2101) CORRECTIONS The Johnson City Press strives for accuracy in all its reports. Readers who notice factual errors in the newspaper should contact City Editor Brad Jolly, Night Editor Robert Pierce or Managing Sports Editor Kelly Hodge.
The Telephone number is 929-3111. Thursday, April 29, 1999 AUSTIN G. SUMMEY Austin Glenn Summey, 2- week, 5-day-old son of Travis Glen and Carolyn Renee Whittemore Summey, Church Hill, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999, at Johnson City Medical Center. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include paternal grandparents, Glenn Ray and Glenda Lane Summey, Church Hill; and maternal grandparents, Robert and Anne Braithwaite Whittemore, do Johnson City. Scott County (540-386-7021) HENRY M.
HOLLING Henry M. Holling, 90, 310 N. Elm Erwin, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999, at Johnson City Medical Center. He was a Charleston, S.C., native and a son of the late Jurgen and Anna Becker Holling. Mr.
Holling owned and operated Henry's Jewelers in downtown Erwin for more than 50 years, prior to its closing i in the late 1980s. He was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Johnson City, and a founding member of the former Bethany Lutheran Church, Erwin, where he served as Sunday school superintendent and Sunday school teacher. Mr. Holling was preceded in death by one son. Survivors include his wife, Cleo Shokes Holling; one brother, John M.
Holling, Charleston; three nieces, Joan LaTorre and Shirley Winter, both of Charleston, and Betty Debnam, Mount Pleasant, S.C.; two nephews, William J. Holling and William Stehmeier, both of Charleston; five greatnephews; eight great-nieces; and several great-great-nieces and nephews. Valley, Erwin (743-9187) Funerals MORRIS-BAKER! Urban FUNERAL HOME Funeral Services for Marion Urban, 85, 304 AIl1son Road, Piney Flats, who died Tuesday, will be conducted at 8:00 P.M. Thursday from the Morris-Baker North Chapel. Reverend Danny Clark and Reverend David Newland will officiate.
Private interment services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, May 3, 1999, at Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens. NY. The family will receive friends from P.M. Thursday at the funeral home.
Arrangements by MorrisBaker, 2001 Oakland Avenue. DILLOW-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Jonesborough, Tn Clarence E. Fredrick The family will receive friends for Mr. Clarence E. Fredrick from to 2 p.m.
Thursday, April 29, 1999, at the Dillow- Taylor Funeral Home. Inter. ment will be in the Spooner Memorial. Veterans Cemetery in Spooner, Wisconsin. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society, North.
east Office, 306 Boone Johnson City. Dillow. Taylor Funeral Home, Jonesborough. is. in charge of arrangements WOODALL-ANDERSON FUNERAL HOME Ginger R.
Campbell Funeral services for Miss Ginger Renee Campbell, 38, Rt. 1, Unicoi, who died Wednesday, will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Woodall. Anderson Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dallas Gregg officiating.
Family and friends will meet at 11 a.m. Friday in Roselawn Memory Gardens for the graveside committal service. Pallbearers will be selected. The family will receive friends at the funeral home day from 6-7 p.m. prior to the service.
WoodallAnderson Funeral Home, 108 W. Watauga Johnson City, is in charge of arrangements. MORRIS-BAKER FUNERAL HOME Denver M. Blevins Funeral services for Denver Malcolm Blevins, 84, 119 S. 8th Watauga, who died Wednesday, will be conducted at 8 p.m.
Friday in the Morris- Baker South Chapel. Mr. Tony Duncan will officiate. Burial will follow graveside services of 11 a.m. Saturday in the Monte Vista Burial Park.
Family and friends will meet at the cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be men of Watauga Christian Church, Mr. Blevins' nephews and great-nephews. Survivors of Mr. Blevins include his wife, Lilly Helen Hayes Blevins, of the home: daughter, Barbara Blevins, the home; daughter and her husband, Penny and Dale McCracken, Watauga; one sister and brother-in-law, Bertha and Howard Trent.
Central community; three grandchildren, Celena Rasnake, Gray, Eric McCracken, Piney Flats. and Janella Laughren, Boones Creek; great-granddaughter, Miraia Rasnake, Gray: a special friend, Charles Henry Berry, Elizabethton; special cousins. Mildred and Brown Phipps, Watauga; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Friday.
Arrangements by Morris-Baker, 2001 Oakland Ave. BIRCHETTE MORTUARY Glenna F. Vaught Memorial services for Ms. Glenna Frances Vaught, 83, 405 Hillrise Drive, Jonesborough, who died Wednesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 30, 1999, in the Birchette Mortuary "Chapel of Love" with the Rev.
C. Danny Johnson officiating. Burial will fotlow at Westlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. Friday at Birchette Mortuary prior to the services and at other times at the home of a niece, Mrs.
Deborah S. Hanco*ck, 313 W. 8th Ave. Services entrusted to Birchette Mortuary 219 E. Millard St.
"Caring for Families Since 1959" VALLEY FUNERAL HOME Erwin Henry M. Holling Funeral services for Henry M. Holling, 90, 310 N. Elm Erwin, will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, 1999, in the chapel of Valley Home.
The Rev. Steve Harmon will officiate. Instrumental selections will be provided by Mrs. Barbara Davis. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Valley Funeral Home on Thursday from 11 a.m. until service time. Valley Funeral Home, 1085 N. Main Erwin, is In charge of the arrangements. DILLOW-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Dr.
Joseph R. Bowman A. celebration of the life of Dr. Joseph Robert Bowman, 92, 761 Boones Station Road, Johnson City, who died Tuesday, will be held Saturday, May 1, 1999, at 3 p.m. at First Christian Church, 2011 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City.
The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dr. Bowman's: memory to the Appalachian Christian Village Nursing Fund. Dillow- Taylor Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. SCOTT COUNTY FUNERAL HOME Weber City, Va.
Austin G. Summey The family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. Thursday at the Scott County Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Barry Burns officiating.
Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Bricky Cemetery at Wood, Va. Family and friends will meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Friday to go to the cemetery. Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, is in charge of arrangements.
GRAY FUNERAL HOME Gray Mrs. Mary E.M. Copas Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eliza Munsey Copos, 77, Eastern Star community, who died April 26, 1999, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 29, 1999, at the Gray Funeral Home chapel with Pastor George Winegar officiating.
Calling hours will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home and any time at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Deborah Robinson, 127 Cops Road, Kingsport. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 30, 1999, at Eastern Star Cemetery.
Mrs. Copas was preceded in death by one daughter, Mary Kathryn Light, include Hilemon and one and three daughter, Devoda sisters, Mrs. Vernie Gillenwater, Terry Bostic. (Deborah) Survivors Virginia Robinson, and one sister, Mrs. Brod.
(Dollie) Head. Gray Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. MARY J. CHARLES ROGERSVILLE Mary J. Charles, 84, 604 Reno died Wednesday, April 28, 1999 at her residence.
Funeral arrangments are incomplete. Colboch-Price (272-8839), MRS. GLENNA F. VAUGHT Mrs. Glenna Frances Vaught, 83, 405 Hillrise Drive, Jonesborough, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999, at Asbury Center.
Mrs. Vaught was a native of Johnson City and resided and worked in Jamaica, N.Y. for more than 40 years before returning to Johnson City in 1977. She was a daughter of the late Walter M. and Gertrude Trent DeVaught.
She attended Thankful Baptist Church and later attended Mt. Zion Baptist Church, New York. Survivors include one sister, Dorothy Vaught Simmons, Jonesborough; two nieces, Deborah S. Hanco*ck and Pier A. Font, both of Johnson City; three great-nieces, Portia LaShae Font, Michaela Fee Yon Font and Mia Rochelle Jamison, all of Johnson City; and several cousins, uncles and aunts.
Birchette (926-6013) MRS. AMANDA L. BARNES KINGSPORT Mrs. Amanda Lea Barnes, 55, 938 Suncrest Drive, Gray, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999, at Holston Valley. Medical Center following a brief illness.
Mrs. Barnes was a native of Sullivan County but had lived most of her life in Washington County. She was a daughter of the late William Henry and Lois Jeigh Brown Copas. Mrs. Barnes was former owner and operator of Amanda's Beauty Salon, Gray.
She was a member of Buffalo Ridge Home Demonstration Club and was an active volunteer at the Melting Pot, Johnson City. Mrs. Barnes was a founder of Gray Senior Citizens Center at Gray United Methodist Church, where she was also a member. She had served as the financial secretary and was a member of the Open Fellowship Sunday School Class at the church. Survivors include her husband, Ivan W.
Barnes; one son, Eric W. Barnes, Gray; one daughter, Emily Mae Little, Gray; one brother, Sammy B. Copas, Gray; two sisters, Elizabeth Ann Walker, Akron, Ohio, and Sharon R. Walker, Charlotte, N.C.; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Dillow-Taylor (753-0514) MRS.
MARY E.M. COPAS Mrs. Mary Eliza Munsey Copas, 77, Eastern Star community, Kingsport, died Monday, April 26, 1999, at Anderson Nursing Home, Gray, after a brief illness. Mrs. Copas was a Lee County, native, and had lived in Kingsport most of her life.
She was a daughter of the late John Curtis and Emily Elizabeth Munsey, She retired from the Sullivan County School System as a cook at Miller Perry Elementary School. Mrs. Copas was preceded in death by her husband, Asbeith Cloud Copas, one daughter and three sisters. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Deborah Robinson, Kingsport; one sister, Mrs.
Dollie Head, Mentor, Ohio; two stepsons, Tommy Copas and Bunel Copas; two grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Gray (477-3171 or 239-6622) DENVER M. BLEVINS Denver Malcolm "Doc" Blevins, 84, 119 S. Eighth Watauga, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999, at Johnson City Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Mr.
Blevins was a lifelong resident of Watauga. He was a son of the late Henry Allen and Lilly Belle Feathers Blevins. He was employed by SummersTaylor for 44 years as a heavy equipment operator. Mr. Blevins was a member of Watauga Christian Church, where he was a former deacon and had served as chairman of deacons.
He was preceded in death by five brothers and one sister. Survivors include his wife, Lilly Helen Hayes Blevins; two daughters, Barbara Blevins, of the home, and Penny McCracken, Watauga; one sister, Bertha Trent, Central community; three grandchildren, Celena Rasnake, Gray, Eric McCracken, Piney Flats, and Janella Laughren, Boones Creek; one great-granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews. Morris-Baker (282-1521) Heavy-Duty SEALCOATING CUSTOM ASPHALT SERVICES 926-2742 CLARENCE E. FREDRICK Clarence E. Fredrick, 74, Cherokee Road, Jonesborough, died Wednesday, April 28, 1999, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home.
Mr. Fredrick was a native of Wakonda, S.D. and had lived in Washington County since 1959. He was a son of the late Frank and Violet Jacobs Fredrick. He was a retired engineer specializing in communications.
Mr. Fredrick was a World War II Army veteran. He was preceded in death by one sister. Survivors include his wife, Isabel Cowen Fredrick; one son, Dr. David L.
Fredrick, Boston; one sister, Edith Leckel, Spooner, one grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Dillow-Taylor (753-0514) JUNIOR G. GARLAND SHADY VALLEY Junior Glenn Garland, 56, 250 Edsel McQueen Lane, died Tuesday, April 27, 1999, at his residence. Mr. Garland was a native of Shady Valley and a son of Vance O.
and Rosa Pearl Icenhour Garland, Shady Valley. He was a chemical maker. Mr. Garland was a member of Shady Valley Baptist Church. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include one son, Charles Garland, Lenoir, N.C.; two daughters, Glenna Rockenberry, Willow Hill, and Michelle Pruitt, Morganton, N.C.; two brothers, Jack Garland, Shady Valley, and Bernal Garland, Lenoir; two sisters, Betty Loggins, Bristol, and Phyllis Spears, Lenoir; seven grandchildren; and three nieces and nephews.
Henson (727-7111) Student dies, another shot at high school The Associated Press TABER, Alberta A Canadian teen wearing a blue trench coat who former classmates identified as a high school dropout returned to the campus Wednesday and shot two boys, killing one. A 14-year-old boy shot two 17- year-olds at W.R. Myers High School, police said. The suspect was taken into custody by the school resource officer, who is also a member of the Taber Police Service. One of the victims died and the other was in surgery Wednesday, said Mark Gregory, a spokesman with the Lethbridge Regional Hospital.
The shooting came eight days after two students, wearing black trench coats and belonging to a group that called itself the "Trenchcoat Mafia," terrorized a school in Littleton, fatally shooting 12 students and one teacher before killing themselves. The victims Wednesday were 11th-grade students, students said. Students on the scene, quoted by the Lethbridge Herald newspaper, said the shooter wore a blue trench coat and they identified him as a ninth-grade student who dropped out and was being taught at home. "He said he's been really dis- 'He said he's been really distressed. He didn't have very many friends' Matt Anderson, student said student Matt Anderson.
"He didn't have very many friends." Student Regan Valgardson said she came across the shooter and one victim lying bleeding on the ground. "When I walked out of the classroom, I saw his gun right there. I asked the guy what he was doing. He told me to get lost," she told CTV, adding that she then ran to look for help. Taber is a farming community of 8,000, located 185 miles southeast of Calgary and 50 miles north of the Canadian border with Montana.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien said he was saddened by the shooting. "The loss of a young life is always difficult to accept," he said. Russia likely to get new loans after it agrees on reform plan By Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund announced Wednesday it had reached an agreement in principle with Russia on a new economic reform program that will allow the agency to resume lending to the country. IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus said negotiations over the past few days resolved the major issues that had prevented the IMF from resuming a lending program cut off in August when Russia defaulted on billions of dollars in foreign debt. "I am pleased that we have agreed with the Russian authorities on an economic program for Russia that I hope to be able to recommend to the (IMF) executive board," Camdessus said in a brief statement.
He said there were a "few technical elements to be settled in the next few days." But after those issues are resolved, Camdessus said he would take the request for loan approval to the board and expected endorsem*nt for $4.5 billion in new IMF loans for Russia over the next 18 months. The items still to be cleared up include action by the Russian parliament on a package of economic reforms the IMF is demanding. That could take until mid-June, Russian Central Bank President Viktor Geraschenko told reporters earlier Wednesday. Camdessus said the agreement was reached after the IMF received assurances from the Russians that the government of President Boris Yeltsin will bring down the budget deficit and make structural reforms to the country's banking system and in other areas. "As soon as the measures have been implemented and I have received the necessary assurances, I shall ask the executive board to consider Russia's request," Camdessus said in his statement.
The final negotiations took place over the past am pleased that we have agreed with the Russian authorities on an economic program for Russia that I hope to be able to recommend to the (IMF) executive board' Michel Camdessus few days on the sideline of the annual spring meeting of the IMF. The Russian delegation was led by First Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Naslyukov and Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov. The Russians discussed the loan request during talks Monday with finance ministers of the world's seven wealthiest countries, including the United States. At that time, Zadornov expressed optimism that the remaining roadblocks to an IMF deal could be resolved quickly. The Russian economy has been in a severe recession since last year's default on foreign debt and a botched devaluation of the Russian ruble.
It contracted by 4.8 percent in 1998 and the IMF is predicting an even steeper decline of 7 percent in output this year. The IMF came under extensive criticism last summer when it announced a major rescue effort for Russia only to see the program derailed within weeks after Russian authorities gave up an ineffective effort to defend the value of the ruble. The Russian default in August 1998 triggered the darkest days in the 20-month-old currency crisis that began in Thailand in July 1997. Wall Street and financial markets around the globe went into a tailspin. and for weeks there were growing fears that the global currency crisis would spark a global recession.
City joins lineup, sues gun makers The Associated Press gun makers liable for shootings. CINCINNATI Cincinnati has joined a growing number of cities suing gun manufacturers to recover damages for crimes involving firearms. The City. Council on Wednesday voted 5-4 to file a suit that will seek millions of dollars in damages from handgun manufacturers for alleged expenses stemming from gun violence. The suit is similar to those filed by officials in Atlanta; Bridgeport, Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago; Miami-Dade County, Detroit Wayne and New Orleans.
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