Evans Bowman

Evans Bowman 87 of Temple Hill died Thursday, March 07, 2013 at his home. He was born at Rock Bridge in Monroe County, the son of the late Clarence Bliss Bowman and Sue Jane Miller Bowman. Evans was a farmer and an employee at Tyson/SKF for 43 years. He was a member, a deacon and former adult Sunday school teacher at the Union #2 Missionary Baptist Church. He was a member of the Temple Hill Lions Club and was one of the founders of the Temple Hill Little League program. Mr. Bowman was a veteran serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He is survived by his wife Betty Bacon Bowman; 1 son Gerry Bowman and wife Becky of Temple Hill; 1 daughter Melanie Jones and husband Larry of Knoxville, TN; 5 grandchildren Christy Bartley and husband Chris, Ashley Thompson and husband Richie, Travis Bowman, Christopher Jones and wife Nicole and Suzanne Cunningham and husband Daniel; 4 great-grandchildren Becca Grace Bartley, Chapel Elizabeth Thompson and Mathias and Josephine Jones; 1 sister Sue Carol Jaggers of Glasgow; 3 brothers-in-law Maxie Oliver of Michigan, Gordon Larson of Florida and Joe Donald Bacon and wife Donnie Sue of Eighty Eight; a sister-in-law Shirley Bacon of Glasgow; and his nieces and nephews Doris McKinley, Brenda Marrs, Bill Marrs, Martha Yezerski, Marlene Anderson, Romaine Webber, David Larson, Dan Larson, Ken Oliver and Dan and Dave Bacon. He was preceded in death by 3 sisters Inez Marrs, O'Neil Larson and Christine Oliver. Funeral services will be 2pm Sunday, March 10th at the A. F. Crow & Son Funeral Home with burial in the Poplar Log Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4pm Saturday.