LOUISVILLE, Ga. - Mrs. Barbara S. Bowles, age 55, of Berrian Branch Road, died Thursday July 26, 2012, in the Georgia Health Science Medical Center in Augusta. Graveside service will be held 10:00 AM Saturday, July 28, 2012, in the Parkers United Methodist Church Cemetery in Bartow, with Rev. Hardy Owens officiating. A native of Louisville, Mrs. Bowles was the daughter of the late Jimmy B. Smith and Mrs. Ruth Williams Smith. She worked as a waitress and owned the Country Hearth Restaurant in Louisville and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Barbara was preceded in death by her father and is survived by husband, Luther Gee Bowles, of Louisville, mother, Ruth Williams Smith of Louisville, daughters & sons-in-law, Susan & Brian Walden of Bartow, Jennifer & Jason Roberts of Louisville, and Jill Bowles of Lyerly, GA, brother, Gary & Diane Smith of Louisville, sister Kay Deriso of Hephzibah, 11 grandchildren, several nieces & nephews. The Bowles family may be contacted at the residence, 1180 Berrian Branch Road in Louisville. You may sign the family's personal guestbook online at www.taylorfhlouisville.com. The family will receive friends in the Parkers United Methodist Church immediately following the service on Saturday. Taylor Funeral Home 401 W. 8th Street, Louisville is in charge of arrangements.