Carole Bowie Obituary (1942 - 2014)

Ms. Carole Bruce (Duckett) Bowie, 72, died on Thursday, September 18, 2014, at the Kline Hospice House in Mt. Airy. She was the daughter of Mrs. Emma H. Duckett and the late Earl M. Duckett. Carole was born on April 18, 1942, in Frederick, MD, and was a member of Strong Tower Christian Church and former member of Asbury Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Lincoln High School in Frederick, MD, with the Class of 1960 and later a graduate of the Wilfred Beauty Academy in Brooklyn, New York. She relocated to New York in 1969 where she was employed with the National Better Business Bureau, the law firms of Davis, Polk & Wardwell, Hardy Barovick Konecky and Braun, and for the law office of Seth Rubenstein, P.C. After graduation from the beauty academy, she worked briefly as a cosmetologist. Upon her return to Frederick in 1986, Carole continued her love for the beauty field by owning and operating Cbruce Beauty Supply Store on Market Street. She was later employed by the National Institutes of Health for 16 years and retired in 2006. Carole leaves to cherish her memories her mother, Emma Duckett of Frederick; her beloved daughter, Robin Silvera and granddaughter, Ashley Richardson, both of Queens, NY; two aunts, Elizabeth Morris and Dorothy Makel, both of Frederick; two uncles, Arnold Ambush and wife Marilyn of Frederick and Wilson Ambush of Washington, DC; a host of cousins too numerous to mention; and goddaughter, Taren Stanton of Laurel, MD. She will also be remembered by close cousins Sherrie Hughes and Elaine Watts, close and dearest friends Marilyn Ambush, Delores DeLauder, Barbara Ann Stewart, and Ethel Tritapoe, longtime childhood friend Veronica Bowie, all of Frederick, and long distance friends Grace Anderson and Joyce Johnson of Brooklyn, NY. Funeral services will be held on Sat. Sept. 27, 2014, at Asbury United Methodist Church, 101 W. All Saints St., Frederick, MD, with viewing at 9 a.m., wake at 10 a.m. and funeral at 11 a.m. Interment at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Condolences, directions and more info available at www.garylrollinsfuneralhome.com.