Graveside services were held at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at Providence Cemetery in Grenada for Mr. Jeff Busby “Butch” Bowen Jr., 81, of Winona, who died peacefully on Thursday, Nov. 23. Visitation was held from 11 a.m. until noon on Tuesday, Nov. 28, at Oliver Funeral Home in Winona.
“Butch,” as he was affectionately known, was born on July 20, 1942, in Grenada, the son of the late Jeff and the late Emma Grace Bowen of Vicksburg. He graduated from Grenada High School. He spent most of his younger years helping his grandparents, John W. and Hattie Bowen, on their farm in Gore Springs, working with farm crops, cattle and Grandma Bowen’s yearly vegetable garden. He was blessed to learn his true love of gardening from his many years of working with his family.
Butch later moved to Winona where he went to work for the Mississippi Forestry Commission for several years. He also helped his dear Aunt Margaret Pittman in “The Sandwich Shoppe” where he learned his love of cooking, especially his wonderful chicken salad. Butch was a member of Winona Presbyterian Church. He loved his Lord and Savior. Butch was an example to so many for his kind heart and humble spirit. Butch will be dearly missed by his family and friends.
Survivors include, his sisters, Bettie Margaret Bowen of Beaverton, Ore., and Julia Ann Nosser (Albert “Dobie”) of Vicksburg; his nephew, Albert Joseph Nosser Jr. of Hattiesburg; his niece, Lauren Kathleen Martin (John Lloyd) of Hattiesburg; his great niece, Emma Kathleen Martin of Hattiesburg; his aunt, Christine Hales (Lyn) of Vicksburg; many cousins and his special friends, Emily and Ernie Petty of Grenada.
Pallbearers were Albert J. “Dobie” Nosser and Ernie Petty. Honorary pallbearers were Albert “Joseph” Nosser Jr., John Lloyd Martin, John W. Bowen III and Lyndell Hales.
The family would like to acknowledge and give special thanks to Emily and Ernie Petty of Grenada for your kindness, love and wonderful care given to our Butch over these past few years. The both of you have been a blessing to our family.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be directed to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital online at www.stjude.org/donate or by mail to 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Online condolences can be expressed to the family at www.ofhwinona.com
Oliver Funeral Home of Winona was in charge of arrangements.
