Mrs. Lauretta Bowen

Mrs. Lauretta Bowen obituary

Mrs. Lauretta Bowen

Lauretta Bowen Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Legacy Funeral Home & Life Center, Inc. on Sep. 3, 2025.

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BOWEN: A Life Celebration honoring Mrs. Lauretta Bowen will be held Saturday, September 6, 2025, 12:00 noon at Fountain of Faith Missionary Baptist Church, 6712 West Fayetteville Road Riverdale, Georgia; Rev. Reginald B. Newman, Senior Pastor and Eulogist and Rev. Gaines W. Culpepper, Officiant. Interment, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. A viewing will be held Friday, September 5, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Legacy Funeral Home, 8968 Fayetteville Road Jonesboro, Georgia. Survivors are two children, Julius Bowen and Karynne Bowen; seven grandchildren, Ajyhane Overton, Ariohnna Bowen, Aaminah Bowen, Emory Stubbs, Aasiyah Shakir, Aamiyah Shakir, and Shaqirah O'Neal; siblings, Sylvia Perteete, Charlene Pryor and Mary (Victor) Scott; and a host of other loving relatives and friends. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the church at 11:30 a.m.

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