Rev. Billy Ray Bowen, 77
Rev. Billy Ray Bowen of Campbellsville, son of the late Leslie B. Bowen and Lola Holt Bowen, was born September 20, 1933 in Taylor County, Kentucky. He died at 2:08 A.M., Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 in Campbellsville. Age: 77
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of South Campbellsville Baptist Church.
He served his country honorably in the United States Army.
He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #48.
He was a retired Baptist minister for over fifty years and was also a retired police officer with the Anderson Indiana Police Department.
He united in marriage to Sheila Warren Skaggs September 21, 2007.
Besides his wife, Sheila Skaggs Bowen, he is survived by three sons and one daughter: Danny Bowen and wife, Penny of Franklin, Indiana, Jeffrey Bowen and wife, Christina and Barbara Harris and husband, J. B. of Anderson, Indiana and John Bowen and wife, Melissa of Petersburg, Illinois; two step-children: Brandon Skaggs and wife, Amanda and Lori Skaggs and fiancee’, David Lowe of Campbellsville; eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; six step-grandchildren; one sister and one brother: Helen Glasscock of Campbellsville and Edward Bowen of Clarkson; sisters-in-law, Rita Bowen of Campbellsville and Gladys Bowen of Fairfield, Ohio; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Gilbert and Agnes Warren of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by three brothers and five sisters: Leslie Bowen, Robert E. Bowen, Raymond Bowen, Bertha Hiestan, Ruth Turner Parrott, Hazel Craig, Lou Belle Anderson and Sarah Morgan.
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VISITATION: After 11:00 A.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the South Campbellsville Baptist Church
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011, at the South Campbellsville Baptist Church in Campbellsville by Rev. Shaun Caudill
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
