Reverend Father Angus Bruce

Bower

Reverend Father Angus Bruce Bower, 99, of Midland, GA passed away Monday, November 09, 2026, at the Oaks at Grove Park. Requiem Mass will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, November 14, 2026, at Saint George’s Anglican Catholic Cathedral in Columbus GA, with The Right Reverend William Bower officiating. The Internment will be 1:00 PM, Monday, November 16, 2026, at Kennesaw Memorial Park, in Marietta, Georgia.

Rev. Fr. Bower was born October 16, 1927, in Morganton, NC son of the late Weldon Bower and Hazel Curry Bower. He attended The Citadel in which his senior year class was sent to serve in WWII. Then PFC Bower served in the U.S. Army from Oct 1946 to Jan 1948 receiving the WWII Victory Medal and Army of Occupation Medal Japan. He returned to The Citadel to finish up his senior year earning a Bachelor of Science degree in June 1949. Bower continued his education at M.I.T. earning a Master of Science - aeronautical engineering degree in June 1951.

Bower began his aeronautical career at Chance Vought in Dallas then to Convair in San Diego. Much of his professional career he worked at Lockheed Corporation in both Marietta, GA and Burbank, CA retiring as a chief scientist.

Angus Bower and Ellen Darcus Everitt married on 20 June 1954 in Brownwood, TX and celebrated 41 years together, until his wife’s passing in 1996.

After his professional career, he felt called to serve the Church in Holy Orders. In September 2004, he was ordained deacon in the Anglican Church in America and priest in August 2006. Fr. Angus served at St. Mary of the Angeles Anglican Church (Hollywood, CA) and St. Columba’s Anglican Church (Lancaster, CA) for over a decade. Following his clergy retirement, he never stopped serving the Church as a guest homilist and in St. George’s Anglican Church’s choir up until his passing.

Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his children, Ian Bruce Bower, Robert Andrew Bower; and his sibling, Roy Bower.

Survivors include his children, Rt. Rev’d William Bower (Sabrina) of Jennings, FL, Laura Ellen Bower-Lupin (Ray) of Hayesville, NC; grandchildren, Rebecca Bower (Robert Thomas) of Long Beach, CA, Ian Bower of Duluth, GA, Catherine Lee (Tyrone) of Stone Mountain, GA, Julia Bower of Duluth, GA, Melanie Eck of Los Angeles, CA, Ellen Epps of Murphy, NC, Chloe Epps of Hayesville, NC; great grandchildren, Quinn Thomas and Torben Craig; and his sibling, Evelyn Price.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to St. George’s Anglican Catholic Cathedral at https://mysaintgeorges.com/