Funeral services for Mr. John Calvin Bowden, Jr., age 60, of Fayetteville will be conducted Thursday at 1:00PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Clayton officiating. Burial will follow in Stewarts Cemetery. Mr. Bowden passed away Monday afternoon at his residence.
He was a native of Chicago, IL, and the son of the late John C. Bowden and Margaret Hahn Bowden who survives. Mr. Bowden was a U.S. Army veteran, a retired Master Foreman and a member of the Park City Church of Christ.
Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife Rebecca Gerdes Bowden of Fayetteville, daughter Tonya Becht of WI., three sons, John S. Bowden of Fayetteville, Nicholas and Lukas Bowden both of Wheeling, IL, three sisters Laura Knight and Sandy Worrell both of Fayetteville and Bonnie Grimes all of Wheeling, IL, two brothers Michael Bowden of TX, and Darrin Bowden of Fayetteville and nine grandchildren.
Visitation with the family will be Wednesday evening 5-8PM at Higgins Funeral Home.