{"id":1344,"date":"2007-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2007-02-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-19T05:00:00","slug":"thomas-p-bowers-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2007\/thomas-p-bowers-in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas P. Bowers: In Memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Thomas P. Bowers, 22, an Eastern Mennonite University student from Harrisonburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 14, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital of complications from Duchennes disease (childhood muscular dystrophy). <\/p>\n<p> Bowers was a junior honors student at EMU, majoring in economics with minors in accounting and history. He was a 2003 honors graduate of Harrisonburg High School. <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"photo right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/thomasbowers.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas P. Bowers\" \/>Thomas P. Bowers <\/div>\n<p> &quot;Thomas was a strong, diligent student. He kept on going even when he was tired. He was a strong person who wanted to learn all he could,&quot; said Joshua Akers, an EMU senior computer science major from Christiansburg, Va. &quot;You couldn&#8217;t tell from looking at his work that he was dealing with physical limitations.&quot; <\/p>\n<p> Akers assisted Bowers in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/academicsupport\/\">Academic Support Center<\/a> with a voice recognition computer program that allowed him to dictate e-mails and do course assignments. <\/p>\n<p> He is survived by his parents, Mark and Deborah Bowers of Harrisonburg; a brother, John P. Bowers; grandparents, several aunts and uncles and nine cousins. <\/p>\n<p> The funeral was held Feb. 18, 2007, at Main Street United Methodist Church, Petersburg, W.Va., with burial at Cherry Hill Cemetary, Upper Tract, W.Va. <\/p>\n<p> Memorial contributions may be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 3300 East Sunrise Drive, Tucson, Ariz., 85718 or to the Harrisonburg Parks and Recreation Department c\/o A Dream Come True, 305 S. Dogwood Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22801.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas P. Bowers, 22, an Eastern Mennonite University student from Harrisonburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 14, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital of complications from Duchennes disease (childhood muscular dystrophy). Bowers was a <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2007\/thomas-p-bowers-in-memoriam\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Thomas P. 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