BILL E. BOWERS

Fort Worth, Texas - Bill Edward Bowers, age 82, of Fort Worth, Texas passed away Sunday, June 1, 2025, at his home.

Family and friends will gather from 2:00 to 4:00 pm Sunday, June 8, in the Great Room at HARPER & LUCAS, formerly ROBERTSON MUELLER HARPER. A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, June 9, at Arborlawn United Methodist Church, 5001 Briarhaven Road. Bill will be laid to rest privately in the Mausoleum at Greenwood Memorial Park.

Bill, a native of Fort Worth, was born on February 6, 1943, to Jack and Clariece Bowers. He graduated from Carter Riverside High School in 1961, where he excelled in sports. This led to a football scholarship at Texas Christian University where he played for the Horned Frogs and earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration. In 1961 while attending a summer orientation program at TCU, he met “a tall good-looking girl” on the steps of the student center; they married in 1964. Upon graduation from TCU, the couple moved to Austin where Bill attended law school at the University of Texas earning a law degree in 1968. After law school Bill returned to Fort Worth where he began his professional career practicing law at Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff and Miller, and working with his mentor, Kleber Miller. Bill continued his professional career in private practice until his retirement in 2019. Bill had many accomplishments throughout his career, serving as President of Tarrant County Bar Association, President and Tournament Chairman of Colonial Country Club, as well as serving on the Board of the PGA.

Bill was known to give freely his time and knowledge to anyone who needed it. He always had a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eyes. Although Bill had many accomplishments professionally, by far his one of his greatest achievements was acquiring the name "Poppy" and spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchild.

Bill is survived by his wife of 60 years, Helen Joyce Wheeler Bowers; children, Melissa Letterman, Bill Bowers and his wife, Tanya, Mary Benavidez and her husband, Paul, and Margaret Bowers; and grandchildren, Callie Hicks and Paxton, Tyler Benavidez, Jacob Letterman and  Anna, Maggie Letterman, Jackson Bowers, Jamieson Bowers, and Graham Bowers; great grandchild, Lottie Mae; and sister, Carolyn Ann Bulaich and Larry, and so many nieces and nephews whom he loved dearly.