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Pearl Aritta "Rita" Bowen



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RITA BOWEN

b. 14 May 1918
d. 17 January 2008

OBITUARY


Pearl Aritta "Rita" Bowen, age 89 of Snellville passed away, Thursday, January 17, 2008. Graveside Service will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Eternal Hills Memory Gardens, Snellville. Rev. Jim Moore will officiate. A member of St. Christopher Episcopalian Church, Mrs. Bowen worked as a Parachute Rigger and Repairer during WWII. She was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Lawrenceville Georgia Chapter. Mrs. Bowen is survived by: Husband: Joseph Bowen, Snellville; Children: Gene K. Bowen, Atlanta; Ginger & Douglas Henry, Snellville; Grandchildren: Aaron & Conner Henry, Great Grandchildren: Derek & Jade Henry. Flowers accepted or memorials to Parkwood Living Center, 3000 Lenora Church Road, Snellville, Georgia 30078. Family will receive friends from 4-6 PM Saturday, January 19, 2008 at the Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 2246 Wisteria Drive, Snellville, Georgia 30078.
A Special Note

Over the past thirty some odd years, I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet many descendants from many different lines of our S*rm*n family. In the early years when I first became interested in our family history, there were several family members who were older than I and who freely shared their research with me to help me get started with my research on the family. To all of them, I have always been thankful. Although Rita Bowen came later, she holds a special place in my memory as one of the truly outstanding family historians. The work that she did was absolutely first rate. Never do I remember her stating a relationship as fact without the supporting documentation. We wrote many letters and emails back and forth beginning in the early 1990's and continuing until her last illness prevented her from doing so. How I miss her keen and analytical mind. How I wish our younger family members would become interested and follow in the footsteps of Rita. Thank you, Rita, for those wonderful and rewarding years.

Bill Sirmon