Submitted by Robert L. Haddock

 

 

 

Temple Daily Telegram

Temple, Bell Co., Texas

Tuesday, January 4, 1977

 

Jasper Bowen

 

     MARLIN – Jasper T. Bowen, 91, of Burleson and formerly of Cego, died Monday in a Burleson nursing after a long illness.

 

     Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Adams Funeral in Marlin with the Rev. Joe Cooper officiating. Burial will be in Belfalls Cemetery.

 

     Mr. Bowen was born in Falls County.  He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Troy and a 50-year member of the Troy Masonic Lodge.

 

     Survivors are two sons, J. E. Bowen of Paradis, La., and Idas Bowen of Fort Worth; four daughters, Mrs. Avis Lewis of Waco, Mrs. Margaret Williams of Temple, Mrs. Ruth Grace of Pasadena, and Mrs. Vivian Moore of Fort Worth; two brothers, Joe Bowen of Novice and Walker Bowen of Denver; 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.