Mrs. Christy Leigh Plaster Bowman, age 44, of the Belfast section of Cedar Buff, Virginia, went to her Heavenly home on Monday (January 30, 2023) in a Kingsport, Tennessee hospital. Born October 4, 1978 in Richlands, Virginia, she was a daughter of Larry Cecil and Tamara Robinson Plaster of Rosedale. A lifelong resident of the Russell County area, she was a 1996 graduate of Morrison Academy, she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Virginia Intermont College and went on to earn her Master’s Degree from Radford University. The Bible says in II Timothy 2:15, Study to shew thyself approved unto God. That is precisely what she did. She worked hard and studied diligently. She had a desire to pass along her love for knowledge and education. She devoted seventeen years of service to Russell County Public Schools, first as a teacher at Elk Garden Elementary, followed by Assistant Principal and later finishing her career as Principal at Belfast Elementary. She touched countless lives with her caring and compassionate demeanor. She was a member of the Apostolics of Abingdon Church. Her life revolved around her family, grandchildren, church and work and her legacy will live forever in the lives of those who knew her.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Jeremiah Plaster, her paternal grandparents, Cecil and Mae Plaster, and her maternal grandparents, Blanche and Dalley Wade, Andy Robinson, and Steve Ray.
In addition to her parents, survivors include her husband of twenty-five years, Scott Bowman; three children, Braydon Plaster and wife, Samantha of Lebanon, Lara Ray and husband, Blake of Belfast, and Alex Bowman and wife, Tiffani of Belfast; four grandchildren, Bowen Plaster, Paxton Ray, Wrenley Plaster, and Colson Ray; two expected grandchildren, Maverick Ray and Waylon Bowman; maternal grandmother, Vivian Ray; a host of friends, co-workers, students, extended family and church family also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Saturday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, Virginia with Pastor Tim Fox officiating. Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens at Claypool Hill, Virginia.
Pallbearers will be Jon Plaster, Jekeyma Robinson, Brent Humphries, Barry Huffman, Josh Hurley, and William Wagner.
The family will receive friends at the Honaker Funeral Home after 5:00 PM Friday.