Mr. W. Harden Bowman

Mr. W. Harden Bowman, age 89 of Stuart, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Mount Airy, North Carolina. He was born in Patrick County on November 15, 1921 to the late Bruce and Nora Pack Bowman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bowman was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Ettie Nunn Bowman; a step-son, Delmo Lynch; and step-grandson, Noel Chilton; four brothers, Early, Hoover, Claude and Otis Bowman; and three sisters, Myrtle Bowman, Margaret Bowman and Effie Reavis. Mr. Bowman had served in the United States Army during World War II, and was a member of Korners Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Flat Rock.
Mr. Bowman is survived by his second wife, Opal Lynch Bowman of the home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Ruby and Herbert Hill of Claudville and Mary Ellen and Don Corn of Ararat; two sons and daughters-in-law, Mack and Shirley Bowman of Stuart, Alvin and Chong Bowman of Hopewell; a step-daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Larry Chilton of Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, a step-son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie and Vicky Lynch of Pilot Mountain; a step daughter-in-law, Libby Lynch of Pilot Mountain; 7 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; 7 step-grandchildren; 18 step-great-grandchildren; 6 step-great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Jack Bowman of Mount Airy, Roscoe Bowman of Mount Airy and Donald Bowman of Pulaski; three sisters-in-law, Mattie Bowman of Stuart, Barbara Gwynn of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Myra Mills of Stuart; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Mr. Bowman will be held Friday, October 28, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at Red Bank Primitive Baptist Church with Elder J.H. Keaton and Elder Lacey Gates officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military rites by the Patrick County Veterans Memorial Honor Guard. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Moody Funeral Home in Stuart. If desired, memorials may be made to Red Bank Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Johnny Boles, 1137 Cox Ridge Road, Claudville, Virginia 24076. Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.moodyfuneralservices.com.

Funeral service Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Red Bank Primitive Baptist Church
Burial in church cemetery
Thurs. 6 - 8 at Moody Funeral Home in Stuart