AM1 US Navy
World War II
OBIT:
BOWNDS, Jr., Ervin Auvis of Houston. Age 69. Died 4/23/1990 (Monday) in Brazoria.
Services held 4/25 (Wed.) in the Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons. Burial in Memorial Oaks Cemetery. Rev. John Craig officiated.
BORN 1/6/1921 in Milam County. Lived most of his life in the Houston area.
He served in the U.S. Navy during WW-2. He graduated from the University of Houston and retired from Charter Oil Company.
Preceded in death by parents, Ervin A. and Beatrice (Franklin) Bownds; brother, Adrian Bownds and sister, Joye Bownds Schmidt; also grandparents, John H. and Daisy Keen Franklin and Ira and Addie Coffman Bownds were natives of Milam County.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Dorothy Batten Bownds; sons, Lawrence Ervin Bownds & Wife, Lori, Frank Murray & wife, Marsha; grandchildren, Brian & Darla Bownds and Maureen & Marian Murray; sister, Yvonne Bownds Cockrell; many nieces and nephews.
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Ervin was the oldest of four children born to Ervin Auvis Bownds, Sr. & his wife Beatrice Gertrude Frankiln.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Geonoa Adeline "Addie" Coffman(1862-1941), daughter of William Coffman, Confederate Officer and Texas State Representative
William Ira Bownds (1858-1933), farmer
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PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Jane Thomas (1835-1925), daughter of John Covington Thomas, a Mississippi State Representative and State Senator
Berry Bownds (1828-1908), farmer and a Confederate soldier
*****
PATERNAL GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Mary Saphronia Cooley (1808-1869), daughter of William C. Cooley
John Bownds (Bounds) (1802-1867), farmer and Baptist preacher. John Bownds was born in North Carolina and moved to Mississippi. In 1851, he and his family moved to Texas.
World War II
OBIT:
BOWNDS, Jr., Ervin Auvis of Houston. Age 69. Died 4/23/1990 (Monday) in Brazoria.
Services held 4/25 (Wed.) in the Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons. Burial in Memorial Oaks Cemetery. Rev. John Craig officiated.
BORN 1/6/1921 in Milam County. Lived most of his life in the Houston area.
He served in the U.S. Navy during WW-2. He graduated from the University of Houston and retired from Charter Oil Company.
Preceded in death by parents, Ervin A. and Beatrice (Franklin) Bownds; brother, Adrian Bownds and sister, Joye Bownds Schmidt; also grandparents, John H. and Daisy Keen Franklin and Ira and Addie Coffman Bownds were natives of Milam County.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Dorothy Batten Bownds; sons, Lawrence Ervin Bownds & Wife, Lori, Frank Murray & wife, Marsha; grandchildren, Brian & Darla Bownds and Maureen & Marian Murray; sister, Yvonne Bownds Cockrell; many nieces and nephews.
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Ervin was the oldest of four children born to Ervin Auvis Bownds, Sr. & his wife Beatrice Gertrude Frankiln.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Geonoa Adeline "Addie" Coffman(1862-1941), daughter of William Coffman, Confederate Officer and Texas State Representative
William Ira Bownds (1858-1933), farmer
*****
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Jane Thomas (1835-1925), daughter of John Covington Thomas, a Mississippi State Representative and State Senator
Berry Bownds (1828-1908), farmer and a Confederate soldier
*****
PATERNAL GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Mary Saphronia Cooley (1808-1869), daughter of William C. Cooley
John Bownds (Bounds) (1802-1867), farmer and Baptist preacher. John Bownds was born in North Carolina and moved to Mississippi. In 1851, he and his family moved to Texas.
AM1 US Navy
World War II
OBIT:
BOWNDS, Jr., Ervin Auvis of Houston. Age 69. Died 4/23/1990 (Monday) in Brazoria.
Services held 4/25 (Wed.) in the Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons. Burial in Memorial Oaks Cemetery. Rev. John Craig officiated.
BORN 1/6/1921 in Milam County. Lived most of his life in the Houston area.
He served in the U.S. Navy during WW-2. He graduated from the University of Houston and retired from Charter Oil Company.
Preceded in death by parents, Ervin A. and Beatrice (Franklin) Bownds; brother, Adrian Bownds and sister, Joye Bownds Schmidt; also grandparents, John H. and Daisy Keen Franklin and Ira and Addie Coffman Bownds were natives of Milam County.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Dorothy Batten Bownds; sons, Lawrence Ervin Bownds & Wife, Lori, Frank Murray & wife, Marsha; grandchildren, Brian & Darla Bownds and Maureen & Marian Murray; sister, Yvonne Bownds Cockrell; many nieces and nephews.
************************
Ervin was the oldest of four children born to Ervin Auvis Bownds, Sr. & his wife Beatrice Gertrude Frankiln.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Geonoa Adeline "Addie" Coffman(1862-1941), daughter of William Coffman, Confederate Officer and Texas State Representative
William Ira Bownds (1858-1933), farmer
*****
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Jane Thomas (1835-1925), daughter of John Covington Thomas, a Mississippi State Representative and State Senator
Berry Bownds (1828-1908), farmer and a Confederate soldier
*****
PATERNAL GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Mary Saphronia Cooley (1808-1869), daughter of William C. Cooley
John Bownds (Bounds) (1802-1867), farmer and Baptist preacher. John Bownds was born in North Carolina and moved to Mississippi. In 1851, he and his family moved to Texas.
World War II
OBIT:
BOWNDS, Jr., Ervin Auvis of Houston. Age 69. Died 4/23/1990 (Monday) in Brazoria.
Services held 4/25 (Wed.) in the Chapel of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons. Burial in Memorial Oaks Cemetery. Rev. John Craig officiated.
BORN 1/6/1921 in Milam County. Lived most of his life in the Houston area.
He served in the U.S. Navy during WW-2. He graduated from the University of Houston and retired from Charter Oil Company.
Preceded in death by parents, Ervin A. and Beatrice (Franklin) Bownds; brother, Adrian Bownds and sister, Joye Bownds Schmidt; also grandparents, John H. and Daisy Keen Franklin and Ira and Addie Coffman Bownds were natives of Milam County.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Dorothy Batten Bownds; sons, Lawrence Ervin Bownds & Wife, Lori, Frank Murray & wife, Marsha; grandchildren, Brian & Darla Bownds and Maureen & Marian Murray; sister, Yvonne Bownds Cockrell; many nieces and nephews.
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Ervin was the oldest of four children born to Ervin Auvis Bownds, Sr. & his wife Beatrice Gertrude Frankiln.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Geonoa Adeline "Addie" Coffman(1862-1941), daughter of William Coffman, Confederate Officer and Texas State Representative
William Ira Bownds (1858-1933), farmer
*****
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Jane Thomas (1835-1925), daughter of John Covington Thomas, a Mississippi State Representative and State Senator
Berry Bownds (1828-1908), farmer and a Confederate soldier
*****
PATERNAL GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:
Mary Saphronia Cooley (1808-1869), daughter of William C. Cooley
John Bownds (Bounds) (1802-1867), farmer and Baptist preacher. John Bownds was born in North Carolina and moved to Mississippi. In 1851, he and his family moved to Texas.
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ERVIN AUVIS BOWNDS JR
AM1 US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
JAN 6 1921 † APR 23 1990
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