Willie Jackson Bowen
Willie Jackson Bowen, 93, of Holly Springs, died Nov. 20, 2017, at Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven. The widow of Lee Bowen Jr., she was a homemaker and a Church Mother.
Services were held at 3 p.m. on Nov. 25 at Adolphus Chapel CME Church in Holly Springs, where she was a member. Burial was in the church cemetery. Rev. Billy Williams officiated. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She leaves four daughters, Patricia Gorman of Slayden, Katie Jones, Evone Bowen, Ellen Batts, all of Holly Springs; five sons, Lee Arthur Bowen, Benard Bowen, both of Holly Springs; Sherman Bowen, Lenard Bowen, both of Aurora, Ill., Lee Jester Bowen of Havelock, N.C.; 25 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.