This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bowling, Wilder Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BBB.2ACI/2046 Message Board Post: August 15, 2006 Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio Ralph K, BOWLING, age 58 of Thomasville Georgia, passed away at his residence Saturday, August 12, 2006. He was born in Covington, Kentucky on September 19, 1947, the son of the late Raymond and Thelma Eileen (Wilder) Bowling. He attended Ross Local Schools. He married a wonderful woman, Dottie (Shaw) Bowling, on February 24, 1984, and they had 22 years together. Mr. Bowling was employed as a boiler technician for Illingworth Engineering and was a very active member of Trinity Baptist Church. Ralph loved his country music, playing his guitar for his church and his family. He is survived by his wife of twenty-two years, Dottie Bowling; sons Kenneth (Amy) Bowling, Shahn (Carla) Bowling, John (Kelly) Bowling, and Steven (Heather) Bowling; and daughter Erin (John) Blevins. Ralph also left behind three stepchildren who loved him very much, Rick (Tonya) Bolser, Becky (Tom) Ryan, and Cheri (Doug) Christian. He was loved by twenty-five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He i! s also survived by three brothers, Curtis Bowling, Jerry Bowling, and Dennis Bowling; four sisters, Joyce Briscoe, Peggy Fralix, Kathy Ferris, and Deborah Carrick; and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by a brother Raymond Bowling and a sister Janet Crawford. Visitation will be held at Charles C. Young Funeral Home, 4032 Hamilton Cleves Road, Ross, Ohio on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Kenneth Burgess officiating. Burial will follow in Venice Cemetery. A memorial service will be held in Thomasville, Georgia at Trinity Baptist Church on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.