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Ida Geraldine Bower
LEWISBURG - Ida Geraldine Rakes Bower, 80, formerly of Daniels, went home to be with the Lord at 12:35 a.m. Thursday, June 19, 2003, after a long illness.
Born Dec. 29, 1922, at Daniels, she was the daughter of the late Dan Rakes and Ines Worley Rakes.
Mrs. Bower was a former employee of G.C. Murphy Co. in Beckley and Rakes Market in Daniels.
She had made her home at Lewisburg for the past eight years, and was a former resident of Auto and Daniels.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond C. Rakes; and two sons, Jerry W. Moomaw and Kent Douglas Bower.
Surviving are her husband of 54 years, Clarence Bower; a daughter, Connie A. Mills of Beckley; two grandchildren, Douglas B. Mills and wife, Christy, of Concord, N.C., and Amanda J. Cloonan and husband, Jeremy, of Shady Spring; three great-grandchildren, J.D. Cloonan, Taylor Nicole Cloonan and Ethan Douglas Mills; and two sisters, Eileen Smith and Anna Lee Meade, both of Daniels.
Service will be 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel, Beckley. Private burial will follow in Worley Cemetery, Daniels.
Friends may call one hour before service Saturday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be friends and family members.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at RandQcitynet. net.
Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home, Beckley.