Evelyn Baccus Bowen
Date of Death: January 4, 2011
Evelyn B. Bowen
Evelyn B. Bowen, 86, of Winchester, Virginia, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011, in the Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center, Winchester, Virginia.
Mrs. Bowen was born in 1924, in Glen Allen, Alabama the daughter of the late Lonzo and Mary Audrey H. Baccus. She was a registered nurse with Winchester Memorial Hospital from 1945 -1960. She then worked as a nurse for Public Health Services, at Mount Weather, Virginia from 1960-1990. Upon her retirement in 1990 she had served as a registered nurse for an excess of 45 years. She was a graduate of the Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in Birmingham, Alabama. Mrs. Bowen was a member of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Winchester where she served as a Deaconette Emeritus and as a board member. She was a member of the American Nurses Association from 1945 to present. She was also a member of the American Red Cross, the NARFE 180, Virginia, in Winchester, the Winchester Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, a volunteer at Winchester Medical Center and a member of the Civic League of Winchester. Mrs. Bowen was awarded the Chief Nurse Officer Award in 1990 by Admiral O. Marie Henry, DNSE-RN-FAAN, Rear Admiral, Deputy Surgeon General and Chief Nurse Officer.
She married Forest H. Bowen on November 24, 1945, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, while she was employed by the Oak Ridge Hospital. He preceded her in death in 1994.
Surviving is her son F. Harold Bowen, Jr. and his wife, Mary Will Bowen, of Winchester, Virginia, daughter Julie B. Ealy, Phd. and her husband James L. Ealy of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, four grandchildren, Virginia Bowen Olson and husband, Sean Michael Olson, of Greensboro, North Carolina, Forest Bowen III and wife, Isadora Guerreiro of Reston, Virginia, Mary Elizabeth Bowen of Winchester, Virginia, and Georgia Fisher Arnold and husband, Walter Wesley Arnold of Richmond, Virginia; two great grandchildren Luke Forest Bowen and Sylvie Lenore Bowen.
One brother, William Garlan Baccus and sister, Mary Dean Manges preceded her in death.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Monday at First Christian Church in Winchester, with Reverend Rob Lovett and Reverend Joan Rainsberger officiating. Interment will be private.
Pallbearers will be Mrs. Bowen's grandchildren.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Jim Ealy, Danny Crimm, Wilbur Feltner , Bill Cornish and Earl Riddick.
The family will receive friends Sunday 2:00-4:00 PM at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.
In lieu of flowers please make contributions to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601 or First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, 75 Merrimans Lane, Winchester, Virginia, 22601.
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