Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bowen, Carl L., 1969 

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CARL LEON BOWEN

   A funeral service for Carl Leon Bowen was conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in 
the Franklin Baptist Church by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins.  Burial was in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery with W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were G.H. Parker Jr., James Wagenbach, Harry Jones, A.W. 
Livesay, H.A. Purnell, Pete Carter, James Joyner and Charlie Kingery.

   Bowen, 71, died in his home Thursday morning after a brief illness.

   A native of Palatka, Fla., he was the husband of Mrs. Hazel Smith Bowen and 
a son of J.E. and Mrs. Irene Barden. (Bowen)

   He was a retired foreman of Union Camp Corp.  He was a member of Franklin 
Baptist Church and its Bruner Bible Class, Franklin Masonic Lodge 151, 
Hunterdale Ruritan Club, and the American Legion Post 73.

   He was a World War I veteran.

   Besides his widow, surviving are three sons, Carl L. Bowen Jr., Phillip 
Bowen, and Richard Bowen of Franklin; and two grandchildren.


Carl Leon BOWEN (Sr.), retired Union Camp foreman, Army veteran of WW-I, 
Palatka, FL native, d. 26 Jun 1969, at home, age 71, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 38*), Franklin, 
   28 Jun 1969, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 30, 1969, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 


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