Dianna C. Bowers, age 65 of 7149 Hwy. 56 South died Thursday, October 21, 2010 in the Self Regional Hospital.
She was born in Newberry and was a daughter of Gladys Hipp Corley Gilliam of Clinton and the late Thomas Allen Corley, Sr.
Mrs. Bowers graduated from Columbia College and received a Masters Degree from the University of South Carolina. She was a licensed nursing home administrator.
She was retired from Whitten Center and was active in the Laurens County Community Theater. She was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Laurens County Special Needs Foundation.
Surviving are her husband, Ray Bowers of the home; a son, John B. Clements of Joanna; and a sister, Lisa Marie Corley of Greenville.
She was predeceased by two brothers, Thomas Allen Corley, Jr. and Charles Fincher Corley.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in the Gray Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Pinelawn Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
The family will be at the home of Mrs. Gladys Gilliam at Bailey Manor in Clinton.
Memorials may be made to the Laurens County Special Needs Foundation, P.O. Box 986, Laurens, S.C. 29360.
Condolences may be sent to the family at
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Gray Funeral Home of Clinton