Margaret Bowman Edens

Saturday, March 24, 2007 MRS. MARGARET BOWMAN LANIER EDENS, AGE 77, OF CALHOUN. DIED THURSDAY EVENING MARCH 22ND IN GORDON HOSPITAL. MRS. EDENS WAS BORN IN TRACY CITY, TN. ON JUNE 30, 1929. DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CARL H. AND JEWELL ALLEN BOWMAN, SR.. SHE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND HAD WORKED AS A L.P.N. FOR BOTH THE GORDON HOSPITAL AND THE GORDON HEALTH CARE CENTER. MRS. EDENS WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FIRST HUSBAND, ROBERT LANIER, A DAUGHTER, WANDA LEE LANIER, AND GRANDSONS, CHRIS REED AND JACOB LEDBETTER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND; JOE EDENS OF SUGAR VALLEY. ONE SON, GARY LANIER OF RESACA. FOUR DAUGHTERS; LINDA SUTHERLAND OF CALHOUN, SUE DEMPSEY OF CLEARWATER,FL., CATHY NICHOLSON OF CALHOUN, AND BARBARA LEDBETTER OF ROME. ONE BROTHER; C.H. BOWMAN,JR., OF CALHOUN. TWO SISTERS; MADELINE McGRADY OF SUGAR VALLEY AND IMOGENE OLIVER OF TOLBOTTN, GA. TEN GRANDCHILDREN AND FOURTEEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN ALONG WITH SEVERAL NEICES AND NEPHEWS ALSO SURVIVE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY MARCH 25TH AT 2PM FROM THE CHAPEL OF THOMAS FUNERAL HOME. WITH THE REV. JIMMY FLOYD AND REV. DAVID RAY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN NEW ZION CEMETERY. PALLBEARERS SERVING INCLUDE; SIDNEY LANIER, DEWAYNE LANIER, KEVIN SUTHERLAND, JIM LEDBETTER, TONY NICHOLSON, AND RONNIE McGRADY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS SATURDAY FROM 4 UNTIL 8PM AND SUNDAY FROM 12 UNTIL 2 PM. YOU MAY SIGN THE ONLINE REGISTER BOOK OR SEND PRIVATE CONDOLENCES AT WWW.THOMASFUNERALHOMECALHOUN.COM THOMA FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MRS. MARGARET BOWMAN LANIER EDNES.