Sara Shipley Bowers Obituary

We are sad to announce that on July 7, 2018, at the age of 82, Sara Shipley Bowers (Fort Smith, Arkansas) passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Benjamin Harrison Shipley, Sr. and Maud Curtis Shipley; her husband Donald Stark Bowers, Sr.; her siblings, Harry Shipley, Jr. and Juda Jane Shipley Holder; and also, Donald Stark Bowers, Jr. and John Russell Bowers, Sr..

She is survived by: her daughter Robert Morgan Powell; her brother Curtis "Bubby" Shipley (Jane) of Fayetteville; her children, Carolyn Powell Hartley (Ken) of Dallas, Taylor Kenneth Hartley of West Hollywood, Mackenzie Powell Hartley of Ardmore, Kelso Wayne Hartley of Dallas, Maud Powell Mulvany (Steve) of Coronado, Sara Morgan Ramsay, Allison Ainsley Ramsay of San Diego, Annie Powell Hendricks (Andy) of Fort Smith, Emma Maud Hendricks of Fayetteville, Rachel McClain Hendricks and Andrew Powell Hendricks of Fort Smith; her stepson David Louis Bowers; her son Grant Bowers of Fort Smith; her stepdaughter Ann Bowers Kinder (Paul); her children, Victoria Sweatman Schmitt and Catherine Sweatman Hittner; her grandchild Rosalie Russell Bowers; and also Jane. She is also survived by nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews.