January 31, 2012
Heritage Funeral Home-Fort Oglethrope, GA
FORT OGLETHORPE, GA - Lessie Bowen Rucks, 90, died Sunday, January 29, 2012.
Mrs. Rucks was a native of Alabama and a longtime resident of Fort Oglethorpe, GA.
Mrs. Rucks attended the East Ridge Church of God (now The Crossing) for many years. She was a dedicated Christian and believer in the power of prayer.
Mrs. Rucks felt that God blessed her with a good husband and eight children and with the ability to be a skilled homemaker, gardener, and seamstress so that she could help provide for her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband , Glenn O. Rucks; a daughter, Judy Ann Rucks; her parents, John D. and Jimmie Bowen, five brothers, R. D. Bowen, John Bowen, Vancel Bowen, Roy Lee Bowen and Jimmy Lee Bowen; and two sisters, Dee Mae Guffey and Louise Odom.
She is survived by eight children, Ruby (Ernest) Reed, of Ringgold, GA, Mary Clark and Glenda Rucks, of Chattanooga, TN, Roy (Marcia) Rucks, of Duluth, GA, John (Ellen) Rucks, of Navarre, FL, Ray (Sunaun) Rucks, of Clermont, FL, Clara (Louis) Orlando, of Marietta, GA, and Martha (Sam) Scarbrough, of Phil Campbell, AL; four brothers, Dennis, Billy, Millard and Walter Bowen, of Rainsville, AL; four sisters, Eurtis White, of West Brow, GA, and Fairy White, Annie Bell Hicks and Mary Jim Yates, of Rainsville, AL; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Terry Harris officiating.
Interment in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory.
January 31, 2012
Heritage Funeral Home-Fort Oglethrope, GA
FORT OGLETHORPE, GA - Lessie Bowen Rucks, 90, died Sunday, January 29, 2012.
Mrs. Rucks was a native of Alabama and a longtime resident of Fort Oglethorpe, GA.
Mrs. Rucks attended the East Ridge Church of God (now The Crossing) for many years. She was a dedicated Christian and believer in the power of prayer.
Mrs. Rucks felt that God blessed her with a good husband and eight children and with the ability to be a skilled homemaker, gardener, and seamstress so that she could help provide for her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband , Glenn O. Rucks; a daughter, Judy Ann Rucks; her parents, John D. and Jimmie Bowen, five brothers, R. D. Bowen, John Bowen, Vancel Bowen, Roy Lee Bowen and Jimmy Lee Bowen; and two sisters, Dee Mae Guffey and Louise Odom.
She is survived by eight children, Ruby (Ernest) Reed, of Ringgold, GA, Mary Clark and Glenda Rucks, of Chattanooga, TN, Roy (Marcia) Rucks, of Duluth, GA, John (Ellen) Rucks, of Navarre, FL, Ray (Sunaun) Rucks, of Clermont, FL, Clara (Louis) Orlando, of Marietta, GA, and Martha (Sam) Scarbrough, of Phil Campbell, AL; four brothers, Dennis, Billy, Millard and Walter Bowen, of Rainsville, AL; four sisters, Eurtis White, of West Brow, GA, and Fairy White, Annie Bell Hicks and Mary Jim Yates, of Rainsville, AL; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Terry Harris officiating.
Interment in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory.
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Dee Mae Bowen Guffey
1918–2006
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R D Bowen
1919–1987
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Louise Bowen Odom
1923–2010
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Eurtis Bowen White
1925–2012
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Fairy Bowen White
1927–2021
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Dennis Bowen
1929–2013
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Vancel Bowen
1931–1950
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Little John Bowen
1934–1993
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Billy Joe Bowen
1938–2018
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Roy Lee Bowen
1943–1971
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Walter Jody Bowen Sr
1945–2020
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Jimmy Lee Bowen
1948–1999
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