Mr. Clifford C.C. Bowen

June 9, 1927 - March 11, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Mr. Clifford C.C. Bowen, Sr. will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 14, 2021 at the Gary Cemetery with Rev. Dale Walker officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mr. Clifford Carlis “C.C.” Bowen Sr. was born June 9, 1927 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He passed this life March 11, 2021 in Longview, Texas. Mr. Bowen was one of six children born to the marriage of Lester Claud and Johnnie Lee Stanley Bowen. He joined the U. S. Army at age 16 in the 11th airborne division. He later reenlisted serving in Japan and reenlisted a third time serving over 10 years. He married Naomi Dean Webster in 1950 in Houston, Texas. Mr. Bowen worked as a diesel and compressor engineer for Texaco, Inc., later Brown and Root. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Gary, Texas. He was a loving husband and father helping anyone that needed his service. He is preceded in death by his parents; children, Clifford Bowen, Jr., Anna Jean Bowen, Billy Ray Bowen, and Larry Joe Bowen; brothers, John Bowen and Lester Bowen, Jr.; and a sister, Evelyn Bowen. Mr. Bowen is survived by his loving wife of almost 71 years, Naomi Bowen of Gary; son, Charley Lester Bowen of Gary; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives; special friends and neighbors, Linda McDaniel, Robert McDaniel, Jan and Randy Downing.