Phyllis Lucille (Joiner) Bowers, 94, of Creswell, passed from this life into the presence of her Lord on May 31 from natural causes.
Phyllis was born on Sept. 6, 1925, in Santa Ana, Calif., to Preston Sr. and Okler (Bagwell) Joiner. After her 1944 graduation from Newport Harbor (Calif.) High School, at age 19, she moved with her family to Oregon. She was employed at Greens Hardware for a time, then met and married the ‘love…
