I have only a couple pictures of the Bowers of which I plan to scan some of Mollie Bowers pixs in the very near future.  Below is a pix taken at my Mom's funeral in 2011 of Aunt Mollie and her daughter June:

I remember as a small boy, Aunt Mollie helping me with my school work in the first grade.

Had to go way back on this one to 1967...the young lady is Iris Bowers, and on the left is Ricky Bowers and Buddy Bowers from Burnsville, NC.  We all fished a near by pond....anything on the ole fly rod big or little is nothing but fun for sure.

Web published pix by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 06-22-15.

My Sister Susan aka SusieQ brought by one of our Mom and Pop's old photo albums of which many of the pictures has degraded badly due to the mounting and of course the age of the pixs.  Below are some scans done on 06-28-15:

Above pix taken in April 1956

Mollie Bowers above, "Welcome To Hollywood" and Baxter with his Bird Dog "Jack" below:

Another pix taken in 1956.  They had a photo shoot that day for sure!  Picture is out of focus a little.

Baxter and Mollie at the Ackerman Family Reunion on June 9, 2001.

Below Baxter and Mollie color coordinated for sure at Christmas time!

Above pix of June Bowers

A. Baxter Bowers, Jr. aka "Buddy"

Iris Bowers. 

Mollie Ann Bowers

Bowers Family Easter 1963.  Mollie made all the girls a dress.  Photo courtesy June Bowers.

Web published pixs by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 06-28-15, 06-29-15, 07-01-15, 07-20-15, 07-21-15, 08-01-15 and 09-10-15.

TERRY AND IRIS TEFF

After a recent visit to Aunt Mollie Bowers, Mother of Iris (Bowers) Teff, whereas she gave me a small framed picture that Iris Teff had painted on a dried Dogwood leaf, laminated and mounted under glass.  I got up with Iris and ordered a dozen of them for my bride and we drove to their beautiful home and my bride picked out the ones she wanted since Iris had a couple dozen to choose from.  Below pix of Terry and Iris:

Iris and Terry are both collectors of Native American artifacts, Civil War artifacts, metal detecting, some gold panning, whereas Iris does paintings both large and small but the Dogwood painted leaves are a work of art for sure.  Iris is into Doll collections as well and bee keeping.  Some of Iris's paintings:

Terry is a very serious and dedicated Civil War artifacts collector and Civil War historian and does lead castings of miniature soldiers from melted Civil War lead bullets found at various locations and has other collectors looking for the lead musket balls, etc. for him.  Iris does the painting on them which is outstanding.  Terry has also authored a book titled, North Carolina Civil War Buttons with excellent photography which is available for purchase.  Both have attended various Civil War Reenactment Battles over the years and visited many of the famous battle grounds and they also attend the meetings and shows that the Civil War enthusiasts seek out.  Both are artists in their own right!

Before leaving, Terry presented me with an autographed copy of his book, a miniature lead cast soldier and an original musket ball display.  Below are some pixs of the items mentioned and click on the thumbnail pixs for a larger screen view:

My bride and myself had a wonderful visit with Terry and Iris and they certainly do make you feel welcome and at home.  I plan to go back with a couple of my custom turkey box calls and commission Iris to paint some turkey wildlife scenes on them for the serious box call collectors.

Web published update by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 08-18-15.