Ruby Bowling Carver

DURHAM Mrs. Ruby Bowling Carver, 90, of Durham, died on Friday, January 15, 2016. Mrs. Carver was born on February 23, 1925, the daughter of the late Edward H. “Eddie” Bowling and Euva Champion Bowling. She was a 1943 graduate of Durham High School and retired from Belk Leggett Department Store. She was a member of Angier Avenue Baptist Church for 73 years, where she was a member of the Estherian Sunday School Class, Adult Choir member, Leah Royal Circle, served as church Historian and on many other committees and also sang with the Joyful Noise Singers. She was preceded in death by her husband, Merle C. Carver.She is survived by her siblings, Doris B. Wallace, Harold Bowling and wife, Joella and Peggy B. Ferguson; daughter, Donna Carver Adair and husband, W. Holmes; step-daughter, Dawn A. Sharp and husband, Jim.Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Hudson Funeral Chapel. Rev. Rich Goodier will officiate. Entombment will be in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, 4511 Old NC 10, Durham, NC 27705. Online condolences may be made at www.hudsonfuneralhome.com.

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