Lois Jean (Ring) Bowen (1931 - 2006)

Born 8 Jan 1931 in Yukon, McDowell, West Virginia, United States

Wife of Clarence Madison Bowen Jr. — married 28 Feb 1950 in Gallia, Ohio, United States

Died 7 Mar 2006 at age 75 in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States

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Lois (Ring) Bowen was an Appalachian.

Biography

The following obituary was taken from her Find a Grave page:

Lois Jean Bowen, 75, of Oak Hill, died Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley after a long illness.

She was born January 8, 1931, in Yukon, WV to the late Henry Taft and Eula Burke Ring.

Mrs. Bowen was a member of Carlisle Church of God, where for many years she served as Song Leader.

She retired from West Virginia Water Co. where she had been employed as a secretary for 22 years.

She was predeceased by a son, Paul Henry Ring Bowen.

She is survived by her husband, Clarence Bowen, a son, Danny R. Bowen and wife, Vickie of Fairfax, VA; two brothers, HT 'Jack' Ring and wife Connie of Glasgow, WV and Rev. Billy H. Ring and wife, Jeannette of Waycross, GA; and two granddaughters.

The funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at High Lawn Funeral Chapel, Oak Hill, with the Rev. Gene Bowen officiating.

Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CM-118 : 8 January 2021), Lois Ring in household of Henry Ring, Falls Magisterial District, Fayette, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-2B, sheet 8B, line 42, family 119, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4401.
• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4K1C-ZQPZ : 30 January 2020), Lois J. Ring in entry for Danny Ring Bowen, .
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQR-6Z3S : 21 July 2022), Clarence Bowen and Lois Jean Ring, 1950.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QCC-XLW : 24 September 2021), Clarence Bowen and Lois Jean Ring, 1950.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K81S-7S5 : 13 October 2021), Clarence Bowen and Lois Jean Ring, 1950.
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• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:42H7-VW6Z : 30 January 2020), Lois J. Ring in entry for Danny Ring Bowen, 1950.
• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:424M-133Z : 30 January 2020), Lois J. Ring in entry for Paul Henry Bowen, 1955.
• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBT-KK3X : 20 February 2021), Lois Ring in entry for Danny Ring Bowen and Shirley Jean Hill, 15 May 1969; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Arlington, Virginia, United States, certificate 69 016004, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1S-R63V : 20 February 2021), Lois Jean Ring in entry for Paul Henry Bowen and Connie Gale O'Neal, 15 Jul 1977; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Pearisburg, Virginia, United States, certificate 77 030458, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSMB-249 : 11 January 2021), Lois J Bowen, 07 Mar 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRX-GF3Z : accessed 6 December 2022), Lois Bowen in entry for Clarence Bowen, Beckley, West Virginia, United States, 14 Apr 2008; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Register-Herald, The, born-digital text.