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Urie Preston Bowles[1]

Male 1915 - 1971  (55 years)


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  • Name Urie Preston Bowles 
    Born 13 May 1915  Metcalfe County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Apr 1971  Barren County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Big Meadow Church Cemetery, Barren Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23521  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2022 

    Father John Allen Bowles,   b. 11 Jan 1892, Barren Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1955, Barren Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Vesta Lee Baise,   b. 12 Jan 1897, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1960, Glasgow, Barren Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F8934  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Myrtie Lee Lawson,   b. 17 Jul 1920, Barren Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 2013, Glasgow, Barren Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Donald Elvin Bowles,   b. 1 Jan 1943, Slick Rock, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 2013, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F8929  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74536426/urie-preston-bowles.
      Headstone
      Urie Preston Bowles
      Birth 13 May 1915
      Metcalfe County, Kentucky
      Death 26 Apr 1971 (aged 55)
      Barren County, Kentucky
      Burial
      Big Meadow Church Cemetery
      Barren County, Kentucky
      Son of:
      John Allen Bowles
      Vesta Lee Boise Bowles Harlan

      Husband of:
      Myrtie Lee Lawson

      Father of:
      Leathel W Bowles
      Donald Elvin Bowles
      Urie Lee Bowles




      The following info Thanks to:chcobe

      Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
      Name: Preston Bowles
      Date of Birth: 13 May 1915
      County: Metcalfe
      Mother's name: Vester Boise
      Volume Number: 50
      Certificate Number: 24986
      Volume Year: 1915

    2. [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.