Dora Green Martin Bowman, 94, widow of John Martin and the Rev. Eugene Bowman, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, at Sumter Valley Health and Rehabilitation, Sumter.
She was born Sept. 7, 1919, in St. Paul section of Summerton, a daughter of the late Rev. Henry “Toss” Green and Rosa Johnson Green.
She attended Clarendon County schools. She was brought up in a Christian home and became a member Liberty Hill A.M.E. Church. She later moved to Brooklyn, N.Y. and joined the Holy House of Prayer for All People and was an active member. While in New York, she was employed in the sewing industry.
Upon relocating back to South Carolina, Dora reconnected herself with Liberty Hill A.M.E. Church.Stewardess Board No. 2, the Missionary Society, the Senior Citizen Club and gave her service wherever she was needed. She participated with the Clarendon County Council on Aging and traveled often.
Survivors are two sisters: Janie Adger and Daisy Martin; special nieces Janice Brown, Naomi Bradley and Prodglee Pearson; her stepchildren: James Bowman, Robert (Jessa Mae) Bowman, John Bowman, Alphonso Bowman, Malissa Ben and Helen Cornish; 20 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one aunt: Eleanora Green, three sisters-in-law: Ida Boston, Ola Doby and Alice Anderson; a special friend: Rosa White and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
The celebratory services for Dora Green Martin Bowman will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, at Liberty Hill A.M.E. Church, Summerton. The Rev. Dr. Leslie J. Lovett, pastor officiating, the Rev. Rommie Williams, Evangelist Betty Johnson and Dr. Myra Pearson assisting. Mrs. Bowman will lie in repose one hour prior to services time. Burial will follow in the churchyard cemetery.
The family is receiving friends at the home of her niece and husband, Beverly A. (Rodrigo) Washington, 4831 Rev. J.W. Carter Road in Manning.
These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC Manning.
