William G. Bowie

William G. "Bill" Bowie, Jr., 70, of Abbeville died Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at a local assisted living home. He was born in Abbeville to Margaret Flynn Bowie and the late William G. Bowie, Sr. Bill Bowie, born in Abbeville; he attended Davidson and Erskine Colleges and graduated from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. An accomplished pianist and organist, he served as Director of Music, choir director and organist for churches in Milledgeville, GA., Atlanta, GA., Greenwood, Anderson, Lowndesville, and Abbeville, SC. Bill taught music for many years and was owner of Opera House Studies in Abbeville and Greenwood. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a brother, George Flynn Bowie and his wife Anne; a nephew, Flynn Bowie, Jr., and his wife Katherine and children Elizabeth and Flynn Bowie III; a niece, Amelia Bowie Hewitt, and her husband Rick and son Rick Hewitt III and a nephew Jim Bowie all of Columbia, SC, also survived by his aunt, Nelle Flynn Nickles of Abbeville. Funeral Services will be 2:00PM (TODAY) Friday, September 24, 2004 in the Harris Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Long Cane Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Bowie to the Burt- Stark Mansion PO Box 164 Abbeville, SC 29620. The family is at the home of his mother, Mrs. Margaret Bowie 107 Greenville Street, Abbeville. Online condolences may be sent to the Bowie family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, of Abbeville is assisting the Bowie family.