Obituary
Jeanne M. Bowman, 87, died quietly on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, at her home in Dallas. Graveside services will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 16, at Oakwood Cemetery in Waco with Pastor Tim Williams officiating. Visitation will be 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Connally/Compton Funeral Directors in Waco prior to the graveside service. A memorial service will be at the First Baptist Church in Kenedy at a time to be announced.
Jeanne Adele was born in San Antonio, Texas, to the late Verstell Euell and Nancy (Baucam) Mallett. Her family moved to Corpus Christi in 1939 where she graduated high school and attended Del Mar College. During the war she worked for the Naval Air Station. It was there that she met and married Lt. Cmdr. Frederick Edwin Bowman on June 13, 1942. Jeanne was a homemaker who dedicated her life to raising her six children. In 1972, she and her husband moved to Kenedy. Following a stroke in 2008, she moved to Dallas to be closer to her children. Jeanne was active in many community organizations such as the PTA, Head Start, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts. She was instrumental in creating the Kenedy Public Library. Her faith in Jesus Christ was the most important thing to her and she was an active member of First Baptist Church, Corpus Christi and then First Baptist Church, Kenedy. She was a generous woman giving of her time and money to many charitable organizations.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Frederick Edwin Bowman; sons, John David Bowman and Robert Henry Bowman; and a sister, Edna Blevins.
Those left behind to cherish Jeanne's memory are her sons, Frederick William Bowman and wife, Deborah, of Dallas, and Richard Mark Bowman, of Houston; daughters, Mary Bowman Campbell and Dr. Nancy Upton, both of Dallas; grandchildren, Dr. Wesley Brady and husband, Jeff, Tom Shoptaw and wife, Christina, Carrie Bowman, Ben Bowman, Brett Bowman, Nancy E. Upton, Josh Bowman and Trevor Bowman; great-grandchildren, Sam, Savannah, and Bo Brady; sister, Nancy Elizabeth Dyer, of Riverside, Calif.; niece, Georgia Kornegay and husband, Dean; nephews, Thad Dyer and Steve Dyer; and other relatives and dear friends.
Waco Tribune: 11/14/2010...Q6