Bascom in Jackson County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Wallace Zachariah Nolyar Bowers
Photographed by James L.Whitman, July 9, 2022
1. Wallace Zachariah Nolyar Bowers Marker
Inscription.
Wallace Zachariah Nolyar Bowers was born on October 23, 1867 in Bascom, Florida, the son of Edd and Basha Hunter Bowers. He and his wife, Annetta Davis Bowers, had five sons and four daughters. Nolyar owned a farm and small grocery store in the Liberty Hill Community. He organized the first Bowers Family Reunion on the second Saturday in July 1914 as a meal with his family and later invited his eight brothers and sisters. The tradition has continued each year. The reunion has been held throughout the U.S., primarily in Florida. It has expanded to a three day weekend of cultural activities. The Bowers Family descendants have been business owners, educators and productive citizens in various professions due to the strong bond of family unity, lineage and heritage as an African American Family., Dedicated in Bascom, Florida - July 12, 2014
Wallace Zachariah Nolyar Bowers was born on October 23, 1867 in Bascom, Florida, the son of Edd and Basha Hunter Bowers. He and his wife, Annetta Davis Bowers, had five sons and four daughters. Nolyar owned a farm and small grocery store in the Liberty Hill Community. He organized the first Bowers Family Reunion on the second Saturday in July 1914 as a meal with his family and later invited his eight brothers and sisters. The tradition has continued each year. The reunion has been held throughout the U.S., primarily in Florida. It has expanded to a three day weekend of cultural activities. The Bowers Family descendants have been business owners, educators and productive citizens in various professions due to the strong bond of family unity, lineage and heritage as an African American Family.
Location. 30° 56.785′ N, 85° 7.086′ W. Marker is in Bascom, Florida, in Jackson County. It is on Basswood Road 0.3 miles north of Gooseberry Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5256 Basswood Rd, Bascom FL 32423, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Florida Panhandle. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2022, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. This page has been viewed 984 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 10, 2022, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
