Individual Details

Death

Funeral services were held Feb. 9 at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Ocean Springs for Mildred Harbour Bowers, 78, of Vancleave, who died Feb. 7 following a lengthy illness. The Rev. Jimmy Hill of Columbia and the Rev. Ford of Wiggins officiated. Interment was in Columbia City Cemetery. A native of Jackson County, Mrs. Bowers was born Sept. 28, 1912, the daughter of Arties and Ada Walker Langley. She resided in Columbia for several years while married to the late Dr. S.W. Harbour. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church of Vancleave and the Marion Chapter #94 of the Eastern Star. Survivors include one son, Harold Harbour of Violet, La; two daughters, Mary Ann Furr of Columbia and Sammie Jean Cole of Vancleave; two brothers, J.C. Langley of Lucedale and Clarence Langley of Vancleave; and five grandchildren.
Columbian-Progress, Columbia, Mississippi, February 21, 1991