Vietnam Veteran Donald Elvin Bowles^[1]

1943 - 2013  (70 years)

• Name	Donald Elvin Bowles
  Title	Vietnam Veteran
  Born	1 Jan 1943	Slick Rock, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Oct 2013	Indiana
  Buried	Big Meadow Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I23519	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Urie Preston Bowles,   b. 13 May 1915, Metcalfe County, Kentucky ,   d. 26 Apr 1971, Barren County, Kentucky  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Myrtie Lee Lawson,   b. 17 Jul 1920, Barren Co., KY ,   d. 25 Feb 2013, Glasgow, Barren Co., KY  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F8929	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F8928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130411640/donald-elvin-bowles, Mary Lee Bowles, d/o Donald Elvin Bowles and Barba. Donald Elvin Bowles Birth 16 Jan 1943, Kentucky Death 17 Oct 2013 (aged 70), Indiana Burial: Big Meadow Church Cemetery Barren County, Kentucky Donald E. Bowles, 70, Centerton, died October 17, 2013, as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. Mr. Bowles was born January 16, 1943, in Slick Rock, Kentucky, to the late Urie Preston and Myrtie Lee (Lawson) Bowles Hennion. He graduated from Hiseville High School in Kentucky and proudly served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Mr. Bowles was a truck driver and retired from BOC (presently Linde) after 38 years of employment. He drove three million safe miles. Additionally, Mr. Bowles was a licensed pilot, enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle, driving his truck Bessie, and loved bluegrass country music. He was a member of the Greenwood Merry Mixer Square Dance Club and attended Abounding Grace Church in Centerton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Urie Lee Bowles. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Murray-Bowles; daughters, Mary Ferling (Brian), Ladonna Lynn Robinson (Philip), and Renae Portish (Jeff) all of Martinsville; brother, Leathel Wayne Bowles (Heidi) of Park City, Kentucky; step-children, Richard Murray, Jr, Rodger Murray, and Donna Hardy; 9 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; 10 step grandchildren; 2 step great grandchildren; mother of his children, Mildred Ludema Bowles. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130411640/donald-elvin-bowles, Mary Lee Bowles, d/o Donald Elvin Bowles and Barba. Headstone Donald Elvin Bowles Birth 16 Jan 1943, Kentucky Death 17 Oct 2013 (aged 70), Indiana Burial: Big Meadow Church Cemetery Barren County, Kentucky Donald E. Bowles, 70, Centerton, died October 17, 2013, as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. Mr. Bowles was born January 16, 1943, in Slick Rock, Kentucky, to the late Urie Preston and Myrtie Lee (Lawson) Bowles Hennion. He graduated from Hiseville High School in Kentucky and proudly served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Mr. Bowles was a truck driver and retired from BOC (presently Linde) after 38 years of employment. He drove three million safe miles. Additionally, Mr. Bowles was a licensed pilot, enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle, driving his truck Bessie, and loved bluegrass country music. He was a member of the Greenwood Merry Mixer Square Dance Club and attended Abounding Grace Church in Centerton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Urie Lee Bowles. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Murray-Bowles; daughters, Mary Ferling (Brian), Ladonna Lynn Robinson (Philip), and Renae Portish (Jeff) all of Martinsville; brother, Leathel Wayne Bowles (Heidi) of Park City, Kentucky; step-children, Richard Murray, Jr, Rodger Murray, and Donna Hardy; 9 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; 10 step grandchildren; 2 step great grandchildren; mother of his children, Mildred Ludema Bowles.