Mrs. Castelloe Bland Dowling, 96, died Jan. 8, 2005.
A native Ansonian, she was born Jan. 4, 1909, to Edna May Marks and Charles Andrew Bland.
Mrs. Dowling attended the Wadesboro City Schools. A 1929 graduate of Women's College in Greensboro, she taught at high schools in Alamance, Mecklenburg and Stanly counties.
She was a member of Myers Park Presbyterian Church; the Myers Park Country Club; the Contemporary Book Club; the Liberty Hall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; the Founders and Patriots Chapter of the North Carolina Colonial Dames of the 17th Century; the Hezekiah Alexander Auxiliary; and the James Lane Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The family held a private funeral at the Forest Lawn West Mausoleum Chapel in Charlotte at 2 p.m., Jan. 10, Rev. Von Clemons of Myers Park Presbyterian Church officiating.
The family received friends at the Charlotte home of her son following the service.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Graham Williams Denton and retired judge Frank B. Dowling; and a brother, Charles A. Bland.
She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Denton Biddix; her son, Graham Williams Denton, Jr. and wife Anne; her sister, May Bland Winstead of Burlington; her grandchildren; and her great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Myers Park Presbyterian Church, 2501 Oxford Place, Charlotte, N.C. 28207.
Harry and Bryant Funeral Home is serving the family.
Mrs. Castelloe Bland Dowling, 96, died Jan. 8, 2005.
A native Ansonian, she was born Jan. 4, 1909, to Edna May Marks and Charles Andrew Bland.
Mrs. Dowling attended the Wadesboro City Schools. A 1929 graduate of Women's College in Greensboro, she taught at high schools in Alamance, Mecklenburg and Stanly counties.
She was a member of Myers Park Presbyterian Church; the Myers Park Country Club; the Contemporary Book Club; the Liberty Hall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; the Founders and Patriots Chapter of the North Carolina Colonial Dames of the 17th Century; the Hezekiah Alexander Auxiliary; and the James Lane Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The family held a private funeral at the Forest Lawn West Mausoleum Chapel in Charlotte at 2 p.m., Jan. 10, Rev. Von Clemons of Myers Park Presbyterian Church officiating.
The family received friends at the Charlotte home of her son following the service.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Graham Williams Denton and retired judge Frank B. Dowling; and a brother, Charles A. Bland.
She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Denton Biddix; her son, Graham Williams Denton, Jr. and wife Anne; her sister, May Bland Winstead of Burlington; her grandchildren; and her great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Myers Park Presbyterian Church, 2501 Oxford Place, Charlotte, N.C. 28207.
Harry and Bryant Funeral Home is serving the family.
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