Funeral services for Donald Gene Bowman,3, and Franklin Bowman,18, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bowman will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Church of the Brethren, Jackson and Council Streets.Burial will be in the Jones Cemetery. The bodies will remain at the Meeks Mortuary until the time of the service and the casket will not be opened.
The death of the the two brothers resulted from an explosion which occurred when the older brother used kerosene in building a fire at the family home six and a half miles west of the city Tuesday afternoon.They were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bowman. Mrs. Bowman was released from Ball Memorial Hospital yesterday after treatment for burns.
The elder boy extinguished the flames on his body by rolling in the snow and then carried the 3 year old child from house but he was dead and the older brother died five hours later in Ball Memorial Hospital. The father, employed in an Anderson factory, was absent at the time of the explosion, which destroyed the home.
The death of the the two brothers resulted from an explosion which occurred when the older brother used kerosene in building a fire at the family home six and a half miles west of the city Tuesday afternoon.They were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bowman. Mrs. Bowman was released from Ball Memorial Hospital yesterday after treatment for burns.
The elder boy extinguished the flames on his body by rolling in the snow and then carried the 3 year old child from house but he was dead and the older brother died five hours later in Ball Memorial Hospital. The father, employed in an Anderson factory, was absent at the time of the explosion, which destroyed the home.
Funeral services for Donald Gene Bowman,3, and Franklin Bowman,18, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Bowman will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Church of the Brethren, Jackson and Council Streets.Burial will be in the Jones Cemetery. The bodies will remain at the Meeks Mortuary until the time of the service and the casket will not be opened.
The death of the the two brothers resulted from an explosion which occurred when the older brother used kerosene in building a fire at the family home six and a half miles west of the city Tuesday afternoon.They were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bowman. Mrs. Bowman was released from Ball Memorial Hospital yesterday after treatment for burns.
The elder boy extinguished the flames on his body by rolling in the snow and then carried the 3 year old child from house but he was dead and the older brother died five hours later in Ball Memorial Hospital. The father, employed in an Anderson factory, was absent at the time of the explosion, which destroyed the home.
The death of the the two brothers resulted from an explosion which occurred when the older brother used kerosene in building a fire at the family home six and a half miles west of the city Tuesday afternoon.They were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bowman. Mrs. Bowman was released from Ball Memorial Hospital yesterday after treatment for burns.
The elder boy extinguished the flames on his body by rolling in the snow and then carried the 3 year old child from house but he was dead and the older brother died five hours later in Ball Memorial Hospital. The father, employed in an Anderson factory, was absent at the time of the explosion, which destroyed the home.
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