Gladys Mae Jefferson Bowden, 83

MILFORD -- Gladys Mae Jefferson Bowden, age 83, of Milford, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, at Genesis Healthcare, Milford. Born in Concord, daughter of the late Helen Hastings and Edgar J. Jefferson, she was a homemaker. She is survived by two sons, Gerald B. Bowden Greenwood and Terry B. Bowden Milford; a daughter, Nancy M. Betts Milford; a brother, James E. Jefferson of Milford; sisters, Grace Hastings of Seaford, Louise King of Lewes and Jennie Lee Maurer of Clayton; other siblings; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Burton Bowden, in 1990. Services were Wednesday in Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Seaford. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford.