Huber, Irene Bowling, age 95, of Karns, passed away at her home Saturday, April 3, 2010, surrounded by her loved ones. Irene Bowling was born August 1, 1914, in Spanishburg, WV, the fourth of twelve children. She received her Normal Certificate from Concord College in Athens, WV, when she was 19 and began teaching in a one room schoolhouse in Dunns, WV. She boarded with the local shopkeeper, Mr. & Mrs. Lilly, who gave her the brooch she is wearing as an accessory to her funeral attire. With a salary of $100 a month, she often said she had more money then, than she does now. During the summers she advanced her education at George Peabody Teachers College in Nashville, TN., where she received a Bachelor of Science degree. It was there she met her future husband, Frank Huber, Jr., who was attending Vanderbilt. They resided in the same boarding house, ladies on the third floor, gentlemen on the second, and did their courting on the steps of the Parthenon. Frank often said, "he sure was glad those steps couldn''t talk." They were married June 2, 1943. She is preceded in death by her parents, Dona Mae Griffin and Luther Lyle Bowling; husband, Frank Huber, Jr.; daughter, Rebecca S. Jansen. She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn H. York and husband Larry of Knoxville, TN; son, Frank Huber III and wife Jean of Elkmont, AL; daughter, Polly A Huber of Knoxville, TN; son-in-law, Bruce E. Jansen of Athens, AL.; her grandchildren, Cammie York of Knoxville, TN., Frank Huber IV and wife Jessica of Keller, TX., Darcy Huber of Atlanta, GA., and Bruce E. Jansen, II of Elkmont, AL; her great-granddaughter, Harley Elizabeth Huber of Keller, TX.; her sister, Jo Holland and husband Bill of Waycross, GA; several nieces and nephews. Special thanks to Janet and Bill Stansfield, Kristine Thorton, and Tanya Patterson for their loving and compassionate care during her illness. She taught school in West Virginia and Alabama before moving to Karns where she taught at Karns Elementary School for 16 years. She was also a Sunday School teacher for many years. She especially enjoyed cooking and entertaining untold numbers of missionaries through the years and was a World Bible School teacher for the past 30 years. Friends may pay their respects at the Karns Church of Christ from 6-8:30 pm, Monday, April 5, 2010. A celebration of her life will be held at the Karns Church of Christ at 1:00pm, Tuesday, April 6, 2010 followed by interment at Woodhaven Memorial Gardens in Claxton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Frank Huber, Jr., Endowment at the East Tennessee School of Preaching & Missions, 6612 Beaver Ridge Road, Knoxville, TN 37931, or UT Hospice Services, 2270 Sutherland Ave., Suite 101, Knoxville, TN, 37919. Woodhaven Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens, 160 Edgemoor Road, Powell, 865-945-3461, is honored to serve the Huber Family. To share your thoughts and memories, please go to woodhavenfh.com.