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Margaret Bowman  Jennings January 30, 2002 
Bell County KyArchives Obituaries

The Pineville Sun
MARGARET BOWMAN JENNINGS

    Mrs. Margaret Bowman Jennings, beloved mother and wife, 83, of 
Carolina Meadows, died Wednesday.  She was born in Pineville, Kentucky, 
on September 16, 1918 to the late Claude Eugene and Lucy Ware Bowman.
     In 1939-1940, she attended the Northwestern University School of 
Commerce.  Soon after she worked as an Executive Secretary for the 
Standard Oil Company in Chicago.  On December 19, 1942, she married 
Sion D. jennings.  After a lenghty separation during his service in 
World War II, they moved to North Carolina in 1948.
    In Durham, she was employed as an Executive Secretary at the 
American Tobacco Company.
    In 1953, she and her husband started Chapel Hill Tire Company on 
West Franklin Street where she worked as a bookkeeper.
    In 1962, she assisted her husband in starting Triangle Mortgage 
Corporation and provided all administrative support until he retired in 
1986.
    In addition she worked closely with other family members in the 
formation and success of Fearrington Self-Storage, SYSGEN, and 
Management Style.
    She was a member of Yates Baptist Church in Durham, NC, where she 
served many years as a Sunday school teacher.  She led a Girl Scout 
Troop during her daughter's formative years.
    Her husband, Sion D. Jennings, died in 1996 after 52 years of 
marriage.  Mrs. Jennings is survived by her daughters, Jacqueline 
Jennings Lambertsen of Chapel Hill, NC and JoAnne Yvars of Mount 
Pleasant, SC; her grandchildren, Elizabeth Jennings Stewart, Lauren 
Bowman Stewart and Rayna Arleen Yvars, all of Mount Pleasant; her 
brother; Donald Burke Bowman of Aiken, SC and her sister, Gladys 
Robinette of Pineville, KY; Mary Helen Glovier of Clinton, TN and 
Claudine Eve McGowan of Buffalo Grove, IL.
    Graveside services were held Sunday in Milton Cemetery, Milton, TN.
    The family received visitors in Tennessee, Saturday night at 
Woodfir Funeral Home in Murfreesboro, TN.
    Flowers are accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the 
Animal Protection Society of your community.

SOURCE:  The Pineville Sun, Thursday, January 31, 2002


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