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Edward Lee Bowen

1933 - 2023

Edward Lee Bowen obituary, 1933-2023, Mechanicsville, VA

BORN

1933

DIED

2023

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Bennett Funeral Homes - Mechanicsville

8014 Lee Davis Rd

Mechanicsville, Virginia

Edward Bowen Obituary

BOWEN, Edward Lee, 89, of Mechanicsville, passed to his heavenly home on April 24, 2023. He is survived by his loving wife, Fay; daughters, Brenda Bowen Miller (Todd) and Maria Ann Bowen (Anna Rodriguez); grandsons, Todd Austin and Spencer Bryant Miller; sisters, Carson Hyman and Judy Trueheart; and many nieces, nephews, and other extended family. Ed was a loving husband, father and granddaddy. He was a member of Washington and Henry Masonic Lodge No. 344. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. with Masonic rites to be rendered at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 30 with Masonic Rites to be rendered at the Mechanicsville Chapel of the Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee Davis Rd. A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 1 at Fairmount Christian Church, 6502 Creighton Rd., Mechanicsville, Va. 23111. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Masonic Home of Virginia, 500 Masonic Ln., Richmond, Va. 23223.

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Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch from Apr. 29 to May 3, 2023.

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William Chenault

May 21, 2024

I worked with Ed for over 30 years at Pleasants and he will surely be missed such a great man. May God be with the family.
Sincerely William Chenault

Jones

May 3, 2023

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Renee Mullins

April 30, 2023

Faye, we will always remember him so fondly. He will be missed.
Bill & Renee Mullins

Michael and Sharon Chambliss

April 29, 2023

May God bless you in your time of loss.

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Apr

30

Visitation

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Bennett Funeral Homes - Mechanicsville

8014 Lee Davis Rd, Mechanicsville, VA 23111

Apr

30

Service

4:00 p.m.

Bennett Funeral Homes - Mechanicsville

8014 Lee Davis Rd, Mechanicsville, VA 23111

May

1

Funeral service

11:30 a.m.

Fairmount Christian Church

6502 Creighton Rd., Mechanicsville, VA

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Bennett Funeral Homes - Mechanicsville

8014 Lee Davis Rd, Mechanicsville, VA 23111

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