Elijah Archie Bowen Jr. (1914 - 1997)

Born 18 Dec 1914 in Hunt County, Texas

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Died 15 Nov 1997 at age 82 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Son of E A Bowen, Sr. and Nannie Lou Finger.

E. A. Bowen Jr. of Greenville died Saturday at Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Peters Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Memoryland Memorial Park. Mr. Bowen was born Dec. 18, 1914 in the Center Point Community in Hunt County, the son of Elijah Archie Bowen Sr. and Nanie Finger Bowen. He married Anne Garber on Aug. 23, 1969 in Greenville. He was a graduate of East Texas Teachers College with a Bachelor of Science with a major in business and also earned a Masters degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Bowen was a member of the Greenville National Guard which was mobilized in 1944. He retired as a Captain in the U. S. Army. During his military service he was wounded in the Herculean Forest in Germany and received the Purple Heart for Bravery. Mr. Bowen was retired controller from Henson's where he worked for 28 years. He was a Methodist. Survivors include has wife, Anne Bowen of Greenville; a daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Jerry Stephens of Amarillo; a nephew, Ricky Norris of Houston; two nieces, Martha Mullins of Fort Worth and Kim Watts of Morganton, N. Car.; three great nephews and two great nieces. He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. (FindaGrave)

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