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Velma, age 3 & ten months, is listed as daughter on the 1920 Jackson Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Pole Harris.
 Velma, age 14, is listed as daughter on the 1930 Jackson Co., Tenn. census in the HH of widower Pole Harris.
 
 Tennessee State Marriages
 Name: Velma Harris
 Spouse: Zollie Bowman
 Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1932
 Marriage County: Jackson
 
 Obituary Collection
 Name of Deceased: Velma Harris Bowman
 Gender: F (Female)
 Age at Death: 95
 Death Date: 14 Jun 2010
 Obituary Date: 29 Aug 2010
 Newspaper Title: Herald-Citizen
 Newspaper Location: Cookeville, TN, USA
 Birth Date: 20 Jan 1915
 Residence (at time of death): Cookeville
 Spouse's Name: Dec
 Parents' Names: Pole and Mary Whitaker Harris
 Childrens' Names: Rodney Jesse and Verlie Bowman of Cookeville
 Siblings' Names: Cordell and Roosevelt Harris; James and Sally Harris of Gainesboro; Jean and Harlen Haney of Cookeville; Mattie Stewart, Hattie Chaffin, Mary Jo Lawson and Louise Haney
 Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1932
 Number of Grandchildren: 2
 
 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=62628070&PIpi=36521926
 Velma Harris Bowman
 Birth:  Jan. 20, 1915, Jackson County, Tennessee
 Death:  Jun. 14, 2010
 Burial: Pharris Cemetery in the McCoinsville community, Jackson County, Tennessee
 
 Funeral services for Mrs. Velma Harris Bowman, 95, of Cookeville, Tennessee, will be held at 2 P.M. on June 16, 2010, at Anderson-Upper Cumberland Funeral Home in Gainesboro, TN. Burial will follow in the Pharris Cemetery in the McCoinsville community of Jackson County, TN.
 . . .
 She passed away on Monday, June 14, 2010, at Cookeville
 Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN.
 
 She was born January 20, 1915, in Jackson County, TN, to the late Pole and Mary Whitaker Harris.
 On December 25, 1932, she was married to the late Zollie Bowman, who passed away June 23, 1978. She was a factory worker, and a member of the McBroom Chapel Church of Christ.
 
 In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her Step-Mother: Eula Godsey Harris; 4 Sisters:Mattie Stewart, Hattie Chaffin, Mary Jo Lawson, and Louise Haney; and 2 Brothers: Cordell Harris and Roosevelt Harris.
 
 Survivors include 1 Son: Jesse (Verlie) Bowman of Cookeville, TN; 2 Grandchildren: Larry Bowman and Lisa (Barry) Gambrell, all of Cookeville, TN; 1 Great-Granddaughter:Shannon Gambrell; 1 Brother: James (Sally) Harris of Gainesboro, TN; 1 Sister: Jean (Harlen) Haney of Cookeville, TN; and several nieces and nephews. . . .
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