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Walter Murrah Bowen

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Walter Murrah Bowen

Birth
Adair County, Kentucky, USA
Death
4 Mar 1967 (aged 64)
Taylor County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section G
Memorial ID
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Son of David Jane Bowen and Lizzie Eva (Murrah)

Brother of Lizzie Annie, Kittie Mae, Mary Ella, Millie Creola, Ora Marie, Charles Leonard, Glen Arvin, and Louis Jane.

Husband of Mary Weatherford.


Funeral services for Walter M. Bowen, N. Columbia Avenue, were conducted at the Lyon Funeral Home Chapel Monday, March 6, at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Bowen died at the Rosary Hospital Saturday, March 4, 1967 at 1:30 a.m. after suffering a heart attack. Services were in charge of Rev. Paul Bohrer and burial was in Brookside Cemetery. Mr. Bowen, 64, operated a garage here for many years. He was a member of the Fire Department and helped organize the Taylor County Fire Department. He operated a City School Bus for several years and was also custodian of the Christian Church for some time. He was a member of the Campbellsville Christian Church where he served as a deacon. Born in Adair County, he was the son of Eva Murrah and David J. Bowen, both deceased. He was married to Mary Vivian Weatherford, November 19, 1922. She preceded him in death in June of 1962. Survivors include three children, Mrs. Arlene (F.E.) Corbin, Route 4; Miss Katherine Bowen, City; and William Max Bowen, Louisville; three grandchildren; two brothers, Arvin Bowen, Big Biear City, California; and C. L. Bowen, Route 4; six sisters, Mrs. Finis Bault, Marseilles, Ill.; Mrs. Welby Allen, Knightstown, Ind.; Mrs. Willard Humphress, Louisville; Mrs. Marie (Malcolm) Cox, Mrs. Mae (Leonard) Hunt, and Mrs. Lois Mills, all of Campbellsville. Active pallbearers were the men of the Fire Department. Honorary pallbearers were Deacons from the Christian Church. ~The News-Journal, Thursday, March 9, 1967

Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
BOWEN, WALTER M; age 64; death place TAYLOR; residence TAYLOR; death date 04 Mar 1967; Volume 014, Certificate 06805

Taylor County, Kentucky Cemeteries, p. 86
Walter Bowen
1902 - 1967
Brookside Cemetery, Section G



(In my family)
Son of David Jane Bowen and Lizzie Eva (Murrah)

Brother of Lizzie Annie, Kittie Mae, Mary Ella, Millie Creola, Ora Marie, Charles Leonard, Glen Arvin, and Louis Jane.

Husband of Mary Weatherford.


Funeral services for Walter M. Bowen, N. Columbia Avenue, were conducted at the Lyon Funeral Home Chapel Monday, March 6, at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Bowen died at the Rosary Hospital Saturday, March 4, 1967 at 1:30 a.m. after suffering a heart attack. Services were in charge of Rev. Paul Bohrer and burial was in Brookside Cemetery. Mr. Bowen, 64, operated a garage here for many years. He was a member of the Fire Department and helped organize the Taylor County Fire Department. He operated a City School Bus for several years and was also custodian of the Christian Church for some time. He was a member of the Campbellsville Christian Church where he served as a deacon. Born in Adair County, he was the son of Eva Murrah and David J. Bowen, both deceased. He was married to Mary Vivian Weatherford, November 19, 1922. She preceded him in death in June of 1962. Survivors include three children, Mrs. Arlene (F.E.) Corbin, Route 4; Miss Katherine Bowen, City; and William Max Bowen, Louisville; three grandchildren; two brothers, Arvin Bowen, Big Biear City, California; and C. L. Bowen, Route 4; six sisters, Mrs. Finis Bault, Marseilles, Ill.; Mrs. Welby Allen, Knightstown, Ind.; Mrs. Willard Humphress, Louisville; Mrs. Marie (Malcolm) Cox, Mrs. Mae (Leonard) Hunt, and Mrs. Lois Mills, all of Campbellsville. Active pallbearers were the men of the Fire Department. Honorary pallbearers were Deacons from the Christian Church. ~The News-Journal, Thursday, March 9, 1967

Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
BOWEN, WALTER M; age 64; death place TAYLOR; residence TAYLOR; death date 04 Mar 1967; Volume 014, Certificate 06805

Taylor County, Kentucky Cemeteries, p. 86
Walter Bowen
1902 - 1967
Brookside Cemetery, Section G



(In my family)


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  • Added: Oct 1, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9539627/walter_murrah-bowen: accessed ), memorial page for Walter Murrah Bowen (28 Sep 1902–4 Mar 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9539627, citing Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Sherry (contributor 46585091).