William Alton Bowen's Obituary
William Alton 'Buck' Bowen, 85, of Farmington, Arkansas, passed away on June 02, 2018. Buck was born in Kingston, Arkansas on February 23, 1933 to Millage Houston and Velma Marie (Oxford) Bowen. He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter Brenda Gale Bowen, brothers Omer Bowen and Paul Eugene Bowen, and his sisters Colene Tate and Linda Fitzner.
Buck had one job for his entire life, starting at Swanson and staying with them through their transition to Campbell's Soup. He and his wife Nellie have been members of the Farmington Church of Christ since about 1955. He was a long time member of the Kings River Riding club. In 2002 he was awarded the Honorary Advisor Award from the Farmington FFA for helping students with their projects. He volunteered a lot of his time at the Farmington Softball fields helping to keep up the fields and help the teams any way that he could. He drove a church bus for many years, hauling kids to church services and VBS. He loved to hunt and fish, and he loved camping with his family. He was a loving husband to Nellie for 63 years.
He is survived by his loving wife Nellie of Farmington, Arkansas; his 2 daughters Alta Davis and her husband Greg of Farmington and Martha Reed of Prairie Grove, Arkansas; grandchildren Brandy Carte and husband Ricky of Prairie Grove, Cody Meadors and his wife Carol of Saligman, Missouri, Ashley Thomas and husband Andrew of Farmington, Maegan Shreve and husband Bobby of Farmington, Jessie Parker and husband Bryce of Farmington, Hali Meadors and her fiance Cody Templeton of LIncoln, Shane Davis of Farmington, 11 great grandchildren; brothers Leonard Bowen and Jimmy Dale Bowen; sisters Juanita Madewell, Ina Ross, and Wanda Smith; and many other friends and loved ones.
Visitation will be Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 at Moore's Funeral Chapel from 5:00PM to 7:00PM. Service will be Wednesday, June 6th, at Farmington Church of Christ at 9:00AM. Graveside service will be at Kingston Cemetery in Kingston, Arkansas at 11:30AM.
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