Born in Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Elzie Loraine Sellers
and Mittie (Amason) Sellers
Wife of
Albert Henry Bowen
— married
1 Jun 1962 [location unknown]
Mother of
Doris Jean (Bowen) Whittinghill
Died
at age 71
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Aug 2014
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Carol (Sellers) Bowen is buried in Merchant Cemetery.
Biography
Carol Ann "Curley" Sellers was born on Mar 29, 1945 as the fifth child of Elzie Loraine Sellers and Mittie Amason. [1]
She had five siblings, namely: Doris Marie, Mary Helen, Nellie Jean, Charles Ray, and Jerrie Lynn.
She died on Mar 15, 2017 (Age at Death: 71). [2]
When she was 17, she married Albert Henry Bowen, son of Albert Truman Bowen and Nettie Mae Axton, on Jun 01, 1962 (date on headstone).
She was buried in Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Merchant Cemetery). [3]
Albert Henry Bowen and Carol Ann "Curley" Sellers had the following children:
- Doris Jean Bowen was born on Jun 06, 1963. She died on Mar 01, 2023 (Age at Death: 59). [4]
- Carol Ann Bowen [2]
- Magee
Carol Ann Bowen, 71, passed away March 15, 2017.
She was born on March 29, 1945, to the late Elzie Lorraine and Mittie (Amason) Sellers.
Carol is survived by her son, Jason Bowen (Kim); daughters, Doris Jean Whittinghill (Jay), Lorine Bowen Ainsworth and Melissa Bowen Starita ( Kenny); sisters, Helen Hamilton (Gus), Jerrie Martin (Ronnie) and Jean Jones (Jamie); 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Henry Bowen; brother, Charles Ray "Sam" Sellers; and sister, Doris Thomas.
Visitation was held on Friday, March 17, from 5-8 p.m. at Christian Life Church in Magee. Services w ere held on March 18 at 11 a.m, at Christian Life Church.
Arrangements were entrusted to Tutor Funeral Home of Magee.
CLIPPED FROM The Magee Courier, Magee, Mississippi, 23 Mar 2017, Thu • Page A6
Sources
- ↑ "Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6F-WFWN : Sat Dec 16 14:21:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Carol A Sellers and Elzie Sellers, 1953.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Obituary for Carol Ann Curley Sellers Bowen
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202890963/carol_ann-bowen: accessed February 19, 2024), memorial page for Carol Ann “Curley” Sellers Bowen (29 Mar 1945–15 Mar 2017), Find a Grave Memorial ID 202890963, citing Merchant Cemetery, Smith County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by MyrtisJane (contributor 47090616).
- ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KNS-QRFK : Thu Oct 05 03:43:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Doris Jean Bowen Whittinghill and Albert Henry Bowen, 7 March 2023.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Carol by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Carol:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Carol by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Carol:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Myrtis Bishop 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M082605 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member myrtisjane
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~0.78%
Charles Keys :
23andMe, GEDmatch M081952 [compare]
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~0.78%
Karen White :
23andMe, GEDmatch M572446 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member KarenWhiteMulkey
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B12775
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~0.78%
Norene Sellers :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Eddie Alexander :
23andMe, GEDmatch MA5078163 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XV5173602 [compare], Ancestry member alex0959
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~0.78%
Lynn Sartin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A646164 [compare]
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~0.78%
Cynthia (Bellow) Gerbig :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sissy_gerbig94
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~0.78%
Phyllis (Maddox) Conrad :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pmcnrd79
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~0.78%
Jeffery Cornelius Maddox :
AncestryDNA
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