William Clyde Bowen (1921 - 2009)

Born 8 Nov 1921 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Jul 2009 at age 87 in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States

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William Bowen is buried in Merchant Cemetery.

Biography

William Clyde Bowen was born on Nov 08, 1921 in Mississippi, USA as the eighth child of Abe Franklin Bowen and Rosy Loue Ainsworth. He had ten siblings, namely: Ruth Victoria, Samuel Patt, Albert Truman, Jackson Perry Sr, Benton T., Vertie, Robert Delton, Howard J, Carl Sr, and Sadie Louise.

He died on Jul 26, 2009 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA (Riley Hospital; Age at Death: 87).

William Clyde Bowen lived in Beat 4, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He lived in Smith, Mississippi in 1935. He lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 18; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head). Race: (White)

He was buried in Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Merchant Cemetery).

William Clyde Bowen and Delia Ann Bowen had children.

Name

Name: William Clyde /Bowen/^[1]

Name: Clyde /Bowen/^[2]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 01 APR 1940

Place: Age: 18; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head/Smith, Mississippi, USA^[3]

Obituary

The Meridian Star, July 28, 2009

RALEIGH - Services for William Clyde Bowen will be held today at 10 a.m. at Colonial Chapel. Burial will be in Merchant Cemetery in Raleigh with Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Bowen, 87, of Meridian, died Sunday, July 26, 2009, at Riley Hospital.

He was born November 8, 1921, to Abe Bowen and Lou Ainsworth. He was of Pentecostal faith, and served in the U.S. Army.

Survivors include his sons, Clark Bowen and his wife Bessie Mae, of Meridian, and Douglas Bowen and his wife Ann, of Tupelo; daughters, Lou Ann Hemphill and her husband Cecil, of Enterprise, Phyllis Vaughn and her husband Pete, of Indiana, Clydean Lewellen, of Indiana, and Carolyn Turner and her husband Butch, of Indiana; 16 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Howard Bowen, of Raleigh, and Carl "Clay" Bowen, of Moss Point; numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins; and special family friends, Daryl Eaves, Johnny and Bobby Delmas, and many other friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Delia Ann Bowen; and parents, Abe and Lou Bowen. Visitation will be today, from 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the funeral home.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S17 Data: Text: Record for William Clyde Bowen
2. ↑ Source: #S16 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Smith, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2065; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 65-3A Data: Text: Record for Clyde Baenen
3. ↑ Source: #S16 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Smith, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2065; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 65-3A Data: Text: Record for Clyde Baenen
4. ↑ Published in The Meridian Star, July 28, 2009

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• Source: S16 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1 NOTE United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M8-79Q : accessed 1 July 2017), Clide Bowen in household of Abe Bowen, Beat 4, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 5B, line 80, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.