Age: 70
Address: Elizabethton, TN
Date of Death: January 30, 2012
Arrangements: Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home

Details:  A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Vince and Pearl McIntosh Higgins and the wife of Norman Bowlin who died in 2002.  She was also preceded in death by a sister:  Pauline Allen and a brother:  Clayborn Higgins.  Ima Jean was an employee of Hickory Springs Manufacturing with 29 years of service.  She was of the Baptist faith.
     Surviving are 4 daughters:  Brenda Arrowood and husband, Eddie, of Elizabethton, Remona Noah and husband, Richard, of Thomasville, NC, Pam Lackey and husband, David, of Wilkesboro, NC and Teresa McManus and husband, Ernie, of Purlear, NC; 6 grandchildren:  Shane Noah, Kristi Wolfe, Joel Church, Brandon Arrowood, Misty Transeau and Keisha McManus; 5 great grandchildren:  Kiarah Shaw, Gavin Wolfe, Alex Noah, Isaac Norris, Lorelai Transeau; a sister:  Kathleen Rathburn of Burnsville and several nieces and nephews also survive.
     Funeral services will be held at 8 PM Wednesday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home.  Rev. Danny Cook will officiate.  A graveside service will be held at 11 AM Thursday in the Eddie McMahan Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 PM prior to the service at the funeral home.