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Group of attendees at the 10-year reunion of Edinburg High School's Class of 1959, the school's first graduating class, posed together.

Identified are (l to r):

Front row: Ms. Bragg Moyer (teacher), Ms. Virginia Coffman (teacher), Kathleen…

Photo of two separate photographs of C. Cooper Bowers and his wife, E. Louise (Bowman) Bowers.

Cooper was born in Edinburg, the son of Charles Edward and Effie (Fox) Bowers. He did carpentry work for C.E Thompson, for 27 years, was the owner of…

Several, mostly unidentified members of the civic organization, Woodstock Order of the Eastern Star.

The individuals in the photograph are, from left to right:
Front row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, John Wilkins, Anna Wilkins…

Photograph of William and Lena (Bowers) Estep, their four children, and their spouses.

Identified are (l to ):

Front row: Charles Lester Cleary, Evelyn (Estep) Cleary, William Alden Estep, Lena Elizabeth (Bowers) Estep, Rodney Estep.

Back…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs.

On the left is an unidentified blond woman with shoulder-length curled hair.

On the right is Philip Borden Bowers who graduated from Central High School in 1970. His parents were Fulton Benton "Toad"…

Photo of two separate photographs of C. Cooper Bowers and his wife, E. Louise (Bowman) Bowers.

Cooper was born in Edinburg, the son of Charles Edward and Effie (Fox) Bowers. He did carpentry work for C.E Thompson, for 27 years, was the owner of…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Pauline (Bowers) Hottle in her later years.

Pauline was the daughter of John Henry and Mary (Shaffer) Bowers.

She had two husbands. The first was Noah Arthur Polk (1874-1946) whom she married in…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Brooklyn Bowers in a suit and tie.

His parents were Eugene and Hazel Francis (Wolfe) Bowers.

The image on the left has a mark at the top where the photographer noted which of the two images he…

Members of the Edinburg High School's basketball team from 1935 wearing their school's uniform.

Pictured are, from left to right:

Front Row: Charles Rowzee, John Bowers, Ben Swann, Cecil Evans, and Michael Clinedinst.

Back Row: Fred…

Photograph of the birth certificate issued for Rachael Mae Bowers. who was born on May 29, 1944, in the Johnston District of Shenandoah County.

Parents were Ernest Edwin Bowers (born in Woodstock) Undateand Anna Myrtle (McWilliams) Bowers (born in…

Marriage certificate attesting that Ernest E. Bowers and Miss Annabelle McWilliams, both of Toms Brook, were married in Hagerstown, Maryland, on December 30, 1937.

Witnesses were Marie Hamman and Winford Coffman. The minister was Rev. Frank G.…

Photograph of the birth registration issued for Charles Samuel Bowers who was born on June 3, 1938, in Shenandoah County.

Parents were Ernest Edwin Bowers and Anna Myrtle McWilliams.

Photograph of the birth certificate issued for Earnest Edmond Bowers, Jr., who was born on April 22, 1939, in Toms Brook, Virginia.

Parents were Ernest Edwin Bowers and Annabelle Myrtle (McWilliams) Bowers.

Ernest was the third child born to…

Portrait photograph of Ethel I. (Ryman) Bowers as a young woman.

Ethel was the daughter of Edward Andrew "Eddie" Ryman and Susan Frances "Sudie" (Huffman) Ryman.

Her husband was Alfred Lender Bowers (1921-2017), whom she married in 1946.

Photograph of the birth certificate issued for Earnest Edmond Bowers who was born on May 19, 1919, in Woodstock, Virginia.

Parents were Charles H. Bowers, a farmer, and Annie R. Bauserman.

Ernest was the fifth child born to this couple.

This photograph shows the Modern Woodmen of America Camp Number 13003 located at St. Luke Virginia west of Woodstock.

The image is labeled and dated November 28, 1929.
St. Luke Brethren Church is visible in the background.
The individuals…

Photograph of the Bowers family posed together outside with a dog.

Identified are:
Back row (l to r): Vallie E. (Bowers) Tevault, her mother and father, Ida Pearl (Good) Bowers and Albert Cornelius Bowers.

Front row (l to r): Treascea Helen…

Portrait photograph of Christena Elizabeth (Bowers) Seal with short curled hair and wearing a short-sleeved print dress.

Christena was born in Edinburg, the daughter of John Medgar (1902-1974) and Myrtle Marie (Heishman) (1903-1952) Bowers.

She…

Portrait photograph of Robert Lee Bowers as a young man, probably teen-aged, and wearing a suit and tie.

He graduated from high school in 1947.

Portrait photograph of Maxine Bowers with her hair styled and wearing a polka-dotted dress.

She was the daughter of Luther Bowers and Elizabeth (Polk) Bowers. She lived at Bowman's Crossing.

Portrait photograph of Fulton Bowers his US Army uniform.

Fulton Bowers, nicknamed "Toad, was born in Toms Brook Virginia, The son of the late Albert C. and Ida Pearl Bowers.

He served in the US Army during the Second World War fighting in…

Rettie Cook Bowers standing by a bench in the studio.

Portrait photograph of Gale (Bowers) Alexander as a young woman.

Gale was born at Mt. Calvary and married Robert Alexander (1918-1991). The married in 1938.

Both are buried in St. Matthew's Cemetery, New Market.

Portrait photograph of Gale (Bowers) Alexander as a young woman.

Gale was born in Mt. Calvary and was the wife of Robert Alexander (1918-1991).

They married in 1938.

Both are buried in St. Matthew's Cemetery, New Market.

Aquilla D. Bowers, seated with his wife, Susie (Long) Bowers and their two young sons, William Henry (standing) and David Long Bowers (seated by his mother).
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