James Bowen - 1999

James “Bub” Bowen, age 53, of Benbrook and former Coleman resident, died Monday, January 27, 2003 at Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.  Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a. m. Friday at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Boyd officiating.  Graveside committal service will be held at 3:00 p. m. Friday at Benbrook Cemetery with Dr. Larry Sanders officiating.  Services are under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home. 

James “Bub” Bowen was born May 17, 1949 in Coleman, Texas and was a son of Jake and Cleva Olena Hogan Bowen.  He grew up in Coleman and graduated from Coleman High School in 1967.  He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1971 and then graduated from the Texas Tech School of Law.  On June 21, 1969, he married Dorothy Rutzke in Homestead, Florida.  He practiced law in Coleman from 1975 - 1997 when he moved to Benbrook.  He was the owner of Bowen Contracting Company in Fort Worth.  He was a member of Trinity Hills Baptist Church in Benbrook, and was a former member of First Baptist Church in Coleman.  While living in Coleman he served as the County Attorney. 

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Bowen of Benbrook, Texas; two daughters and sons-in-law, Felicia and Jim Bob Barker of Benbrook and Kari and Shea Connelly of Fort Worth; one son, Ramey Bowen of Benbrook; three grandchildren, Ansley, Simone and Danielle Barker, all of Benbrook; mother-in-law, Betty Rutzke Quillen of Homestead, Florida; numerous nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews and great-great nieces and great-great nephews.  He was preceded in death by a brother, Bill Bowen and two sisters, lmogene Henderson and Lucia Fay Martin.  Family visitation will be held tonight (Thursday) from 5:00 p. m. until 7:00 p. m. at Stevens Funeral Home. 

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.