I am a Veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict, which seemed to be never ending at the time (I was In-theatre during 1966 through 1973) as a member of the U. S, Air Force). My name is William Kenneth Bowen, great great grandson of Elisha Bowen and Penelope Everett; great grandson of John Hunter Bowen and Susannah Elizabeth Strickland; grandson of Alfred Jackson Bowen, I, and Ann Elizabeth (Annie Eliza) Williams; son of Alfred Jackson Bowen, II, and Ethel Marguerite Jones. A graduate of Georgia Southern University, with a General Business Degree, and retired Senior Master Sergeant (E-8) of the United States Air Force with 26 years, 4 months, 5 days active duty, and retired a second time from my Alma Mater, Georgia Southern University. Father of five children, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Married to Wealthy Bradley Bowen and live on the Old Martin Eastwood Jones Family Farm (my maternal grandfather's farm), which my father, A. J. Bowen, bought in 1933 during the Depression). My Mother, Ethel Marguerite Jones, was born in the house I now live in, and yes, it costs a bit to maintain a house built in 1889 by my mother's father, a CSA Veteran (my maternal grandfather, Martin Eastwood Jones (1844-1925)). There is a lot of family history here and that was my reason for living here and bringing the old family house up-to-date.

My family's genealogy became of interest to me, during the period 2010, 2011 and 2012, after working with other extended family members to finance a replacement monument for my Paternal great grandfather, John Hunter Bowen. This paternal great grandfather was interred in the Bowen Dekle Family Cemetery in 1871, then Bulloch County (now in Candler County), Georgia. Once this task was finished, my interest was further stimulated when on April 21, 2012, my extended family elected me to Chair a 3-member Monument Committee to do an identical task necessary to procure and place four fitting monuments for four (4) additional ancestors in the same cemetery (i.e., my paternal great great grandparents, Elisha Bowen and Penelope Everett, originally of North Carolina, and their eldest son Robert Bowen, and also their infant granddaughter, Deborah Bowen, all interred in one 16-ft by 12-ft plot in the Bowen Dekle Family Cemetery, near Excelsior community, Candler County, Georgia). Sixteen months and ten days later, on August 28, 2013, these new monuments were placed and paid for thanks to the outstanding support of the descendants of my paternal great great grandparents, and especially the help of my cousins, Julianne Temples Miller, a descendant of Silas Elisha Bowen (1815-1898), Ted Evan Lewis, a descendant of Deborah Bowen (1805-1866) and our family genealogist, Frances Caroline Dean McKinley (also a direct descendant of Silas Elisha Bowen (1815-1898). Without their work and continued support the task would have been much more difficult.

My Paternal and Maternal Family Lineage Sir Names Include: Bowen, Jones, Williams, Ennis, Strickland, Clanton, DeLoach, Frier, Hendricks, Brewton, Fontaine, Everett, Martin, Miller, Barker, Nessmith, Lee, McElveen, Campbell and others.

I am a Veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict, which seemed to be never ending at the time (I was In-theatre during 1966 through 1973) as a member of the U. S, Air Force). My name is William Kenneth Bowen, great great grandson of Elisha Bowen and Penelope Everett; great grandson of John Hunter Bowen and Susannah Elizabeth Strickland; grandson of Alfred Jackson Bowen, I, and Ann Elizabeth (Annie Eliza) Williams; son of Alfred Jackson Bowen, II, and Ethel Marguerite Jones. A graduate of Georgia Southern University, with a General Business Degree, and retired Senior Master Sergeant (E-8) of the United States Air Force with 26 years, 4 months, 5 days active duty, and retired a second time from my Alma Mater, Georgia Southern University. Father of five children, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Married to Wealthy Bradley Bowen and live on the Old Martin Eastwood Jones Family Farm (my maternal grandfather's farm), which my father, A. J. Bowen, bought in 1933 during the Depression). My Mother, Ethel Marguerite Jones, was born in the house I now live in, and yes, it costs a bit to maintain a house built in 1889 by my mother's father, a CSA Veteran (my maternal grandfather, Martin Eastwood Jones (1844-1925)). There is a lot of family history here and that was my reason for living here and bringing the old family house up-to-date.

My family's genealogy became of interest to me, during the period 2010, 2011 and 2012, after working with other extended family members to finance a replacement monument for my Paternal great grandfather, John Hunter Bowen. This paternal great grandfather was interred in the Bowen Dekle Family Cemetery in 1871, then Bulloch County (now in Candler County), Georgia. Once this task was finished, my interest was further stimulated when on April 21, 2012, my extended family elected me to Chair a 3-member Monument Committee to do an identical task necessary to procure and place four fitting monuments for four (4) additional ancestors in the same cemetery (i.e., my paternal great great grandparents, Elisha Bowen and Penelope Everett, originally of North Carolina, and their eldest son Robert Bowen, and also their infant granddaughter, Deborah Bowen, all interred in one 16-ft by 12-ft plot in the Bowen Dekle Family Cemetery, near Excelsior community, Candler County, Georgia). Sixteen months and ten days later, on August 28, 2013, these new monuments were placed and paid for thanks to the outstanding support of the descendants of my paternal great great grandparents, and especially the help of my cousins, Julianne Temples Miller, a descendant of Silas Elisha Bowen (1815-1898), Ted Evan Lewis, a descendant of Deborah Bowen (1805-1866) and our family genealogist, Frances Caroline Dean McKinley (also a direct descendant of Silas Elisha Bowen (1815-1898). Without their work and continued support the task would have been much more difficult.

My Paternal and Maternal Family Lineage Sir Names Include: Bowen, Jones, Williams, Ennis, Strickland, Clanton, DeLoach, Frier, Hendricks, Brewton, Fontaine, Everett, Martin, Miller, Barker, Nessmith, Lee, McElveen, Campbell and others.