Anna Elizabeth (Libby) Bowers, 80 of Hamden went home to be with the Lord May 24, 2011.
Anna was born April 22, 1931 in Harve-de-Grace, MD to the late Bishop George H. and Nellie R. Brooks. In 1950, the family moved to New Haven where her father became the Pastor of Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church, of which she remained a faithful member until the Lord took her home.
For 61 years she has been a faithful member of Beulah Heights First Pentecostal Church, serving in whatever way she could to exalt the Body of Christ. Anna had a passion and strong love for Christian Education. For 39 years she served as Superintendent of Beulah Heights Sunday School. She was also a faithful member of the Connecticut District Council of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World for over 63 years. She served the council in the following capacities: CDC Youth Department Secretary, CDC Secretary, and CDC Christian Education Department. Still there was more for Anna to do.
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On the national level she was a member of the International Christian Education Auxiliary, of the P.A.W. Inc., there she served in the following positions: ICEA Assistant Secretary, ICEA Secretary, ICEA Second Vice-Superintendent, ICEA First Vice Superintendent.
While her presence is no longer among us, her spirit lives in the person of her mentee, her nephew Elder Harold l. Brooks. She leaves her husband of 43 years, Roger Bowers, her siblings; Mary Louise Harrell, Ester Brooks, Carol Kenneth Oliver, Suffragan Bishop W. Richard and Virginia Brooks, Bishop Theodore and L. Janice Charles Brooks, stepson, Roger Wayne and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and lifelong friends from all over the country. She said it best, "God has spoken, I will see you on the other side."
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A celebration of her life will take place Tuesday May 31, 2011 at 6:30 PM at Beulah Heights First Pentecostal, 782 Orchard Street, New Haven. Friends may call at the church Tuesday from 3-6:30PM. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery on Wednesday June 1, 2011 at 10:00 AM.
Services by Howard K. Hill Funeral Services, 1287 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511. To leave a message of comfort to the Bowers family, please visit, www.hkhfuneralservices.com
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