Robert Dewayne Bowen

Dear Uncle Bob,
I miss you a lot. I remember how excited I would get that we were going to visit Phyllis, the kids and you. I always enjoyed spending time with my favorite uncle. While growing up, I looked up to you. I wanted to make you proud of me. I hope you are. You had 2 nicknames for me. They were Sugar, and Leaner Ann. Why on earth you called me Leaner Ann I don't know. LOL. I remember how dad, you and I would play classical guitars together. I too, am an accomplished...

Dad
I don’t know how to say thank you for being the dad you didn’t have to be. You could have walked away but you stayed and became the husband that mom needed and the dad that we needed. I know that life would have been very different had you not been here to teach me all the things you taught me and all the things I would need to know to make my life as enjoyable as it’s been. From a very early age you gave me the gift of music. Not just any music, but how to listen to what was going on...