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Jo Bowen
June 17, 1941 — November 30, 2016
Jo Bowen, surrounded by love, peacefully went to be with the Lord at her home on November 30, 2016.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, December 3, 2016 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Kevin Towery will officiate. Burial will follow in Burns Cemetery in Trenton, Texas. The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from 1:00 PM until service time Saturday.
Delores Jo Bowen was born June 17, 1941 in Leonard, Texas, as the eldest child to Acie B. and Minnie Gaye Williams Watson. She grew up with three brothers: Roger Watson, and twins Ricky and Ronnie Watson. She graduated from Leonard High School in 1959.
On June 20, 1959 at the age of 18 she married the love of her life, Pat Bowen in Trenton, Texas. In March of 1962 they celebrated the birth of their pride and joy, Randy Pat Bowen. They gained a daughter in 1982 when Randy married Kelli Vermillion. During the following years, they celebrated the births of three grandchildren. In January of 2007, after 26 years, she retired as a bookkeeper from McClanahan & Holmes, CPA. In 2009, surrounded by their loving family and lifelong friends they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
Affectionately known as "Nanny" by her three grandchildren, she followed them through their various athletic endeavors across the state of Texas and several out of state. Her greatest talent was making sure her family had what they needed. She loved her family and they were her greatest joy. Her many gifts included love, kindness and a quick wit that lead to a plethora of "nanny-isms". She will be forever the biggest fan of our lives.
She is survived by her husband, Pat Bowen, son, Randy Bowen and wife, Kelli of Honey Grove, Texas, granddaughter, Katti Bowen of Conway, Arkansas, granddaughter, Kassi Lightfoot and husband, Nathaniel Lightfoot of Bonham, grandson, Ryan Bowen of Sherman, Texas, brother, Roger Watson and wife, Judy of Burleson, Texas, brother, Ricky Watson and wife, Barbara of Bonham, Texas, brother, Ronnie Watson, and brother-in-law, Mike Bowen and wife, Mary of Hurst, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her father, Acie Watson, and mother, Minnie Gaye Watson.
Serving as pallbearers are: Ryan Bowen, Nathaniel Lightfoot, Ricky Watson, Matt Watson, Cole Watson and Shane Bowen.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider making a donation to the Alzheimer's Association or the Fannin County Children's Center, 112 W. 5th St., Bonham, TX 75418. Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, December 3, 2016 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Kevin Towery will officiate. Burial will follow in Burns Cemetery in Trenton, Texas. The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from 1:00 PM until service time Saturday.
Delores Jo Bowen was born June 17, 1941 in Leonard, Texas, as the eldest child to Acie B. and Minnie Gaye Williams Watson. She grew up with three brothers: Roger Watson, and twins Ricky and Ronnie Watson. She graduated from Leonard High School in 1959.
On June 20, 1959 at the age of 18 she married the love of her life, Pat Bowen in Trenton, Texas. In March of 1962 they celebrated the birth of their pride and joy, Randy Pat Bowen. They gained a daughter in 1982 when Randy married Kelli Vermillion. During the following years, they celebrated the births of three grandchildren. In January of 2007, after 26 years, she retired as a bookkeeper from McClanahan & Holmes, CPA. In 2009, surrounded by their loving family and lifelong friends they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
Affectionately known as "Nanny" by her three grandchildren, she followed them through their various athletic endeavors across the state of Texas and several out of state. Her greatest talent was making sure her family had what they needed. She loved her family and they were her greatest joy. Her many gifts included love, kindness and a quick wit that lead to a plethora of "nanny-isms". She will be forever the biggest fan of our lives.
She is survived by her husband, Pat Bowen, son, Randy Bowen and wife, Kelli of Honey Grove, Texas, granddaughter, Katti Bowen of Conway, Arkansas, granddaughter, Kassi Lightfoot and husband, Nathaniel Lightfoot of Bonham, grandson, Ryan Bowen of Sherman, Texas, brother, Roger Watson and wife, Judy of Burleson, Texas, brother, Ricky Watson and wife, Barbara of Bonham, Texas, brother, Ronnie Watson, and brother-in-law, Mike Bowen and wife, Mary of Hurst, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her father, Acie Watson, and mother, Minnie Gaye Watson.
Serving as pallbearers are: Ryan Bowen, Nathaniel Lightfoot, Ricky Watson, Matt Watson, Cole Watson and Shane Bowen.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider making a donation to the Alzheimer's Association or the Fannin County Children's Center, 112 W. 5th St., Bonham, TX 75418. Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com
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