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Submitted: 8/21/08 • Approved: 8/17/12 • Last Updated: 9/8/12 • R46303-G46302-S3
Dessie Bowman
May 26, 1918
Jun 06, 1999
Calico Rock Current
June 10, 1999
Dessie Bowman of Calico Rick, daughter of the late Lee and Sara Bell Ray Ritter, was born May 26, 1918, at Flippin. She died June 6, 1999, at the Medical Center of Calico Rock. She was 81.
Mrs. Bowman was united in marriage to Johnnie Miles Bowman in 1960, at Norfork. She was a member of the Norfork Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Johnnie M. Bowman of Calico Rock; two brothers, Gene Ritter of Omaha, NE and Roy Ritter of Leon, Iowa; and one sister. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and three sisters.
Funeral services were held June 9, 1999, at Galatia Church in Old Joe with Reverend Charles Faith officiating. Pallbearers were Howard Ritter, Jessie Bowamn. L.J. Lawson, Carroll Ritter, Robert Parker, and David Ritter. Honorary pallbearer was William Vredenburg.
Interment was at Galatia Cemetery.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
Johnnie Bowman
Jul 14, 1935
Aug 01, 2002
Contributed on 8/21/08 by ashaw444
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