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Submitted: 7/9/17 • Approved: 7/12/17 • Last Updated: 7/29/21 • R1187912-G1187911-S3
James
US Marines
Vietnam
September 15, 1946 - March 9, 2017
Geraldine
February 25, 1938 - August 8, 2015
James “Jim” Bowman, 70 of Paris, Arkansas passed away on Thursday, March 09, 2017 in Paris. He was born on September 15, 1946 in Jethro, Arkansas to his parents J.W. and Faye (Barnett) Bowman. He was a United States Marine Corp Veteran serving in the Vietnam Conflict and was a member of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 39 in Paris.
Jim is preceded in death by his parents, J.W. and Faye (Barnett) Bowman; his wife of 41 years Geraldine Bowman; one daughter, Rita Duvall Riggs; one son, Jeff Quijada; two sisters, Carolyn Bowman and Georgia Lancaster; two brothers, Larry Bowman and Kenneth Bowman and two grandsons, Tyson Duvall and Dakota Quijada.
Jim is survived by his daughters, Madeline Quijada of Paris, Mary Storts of Paris and Florence Kelsey of Paris; four sisters, Margie Bowman of Van Buren, Edna Bowman of Van Buren, Shirley Reed of Eureka Springs and Rhonda Covero of Van Buren; one brother, Don Bowman of Coweta, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday, March 10, 2017 at Roller Funeral Home Chapel in Paris.
Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Roller Funeral Home Chapel in Paris officiated by Bob Pruitt. Burial will follow in Liberty Hill Cemetery in Hunt Town with Military Honors under the direction of Roller Funeral Home in Paris.
Pallbearers will be the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 39.
Geraldine Ruth Bowman, 77 of Paris, Arkansas, was retired from Tyson.
She is preceded in death by her mother and stepfather, Bill and Della (Dempsey) Walker; one daughter, Rita Duvall Riggs; one son, Jeff Quijada; two sisters, Mary Wagner and Terry Walker; one brother, Chucky McGee; one grandson, Tyson Duvall and one great-grandson, Tyson Duvall Jr.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years James Bowman; three daughters, Madeline Quijada, Mary Storts and Florence Kelsey; one sister, Myrtle Bennett of Alma; one brother, Lonnie Frank McGee of Fort Smith; nine grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
Contributed on 7/9/17 by bill060
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