Birth date: Sep 3, 1933 Death date: Apr 8, 2018
Carolyn Joyce (Layne) May Bowman, 84, Alachua, died unto new life on April 8 of complications from pulmonary fibrosis. Born in Greenwood, South Carolina, hers was a life of family, faith, good conversation, a devotion to education Read Obituary
I met Carolyn a few years ago. She was visiting First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, where her daughter, Rev Melissa Anne Rogers serves. Carolyn was going to sing with the Chancel Choir that Sunday morning and as we are both altos, I got to spend some time with her. Carolyn's warm and gracious personality made her easy to like. And, because I sat next to her during worship, I got to hear her lovely alto voice.
I often think fondly of the morning I spent with Carolyn. Those memories seem all the more poignant following her death. It is easy for me to imagine her singing with angels in
her new "lovely dwelling place".
Jean White
Ann Arbor
