Mr. Winston Bowen, 75, of Yulee, died Saturday, March 4, 2017, in the Warner Center in Fernandina Beach, after an extended illness. He was a native of Toombs County, Ga., and was a graduate of Lyons High School. He worked with Globe Manufacturing in Vidalia, Ga., for 10 years and with Plant Hatch in Appling County, Ga., for seven years. In 1982, he moved to Yulee, and worked with Container Corporation, where he retired after 20 years. He was a member of Blackrock Baptist Church in Yulee and Amelia Masonic Lodge 47 in Fernandina Beach.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Barney Bernice Bowen and Lillian Mae Johnson Bowen; and 12 brothers and sisters.
Mr. Bowen is survived by his wife of 53 years, Frankie Bowen of Yulee; three children, Michael Bowen and wife Sandra of the Petross Community, Ga., and Tina Bowen Harris and husband Ivey, and Michaela Bowen, all of Yulee; one grandson, Levi Harris; four great-grandchildren, Cassie, Brailey, Brooke and Brynlee; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The funeral service was held Tuesday morning, March 7, in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home, with the Rev. Chester Proctor officiating. Burial followed in the Old Mount Zion Cemetery near Lyons, Ga.
Pallbearers were Ivey Harris, David Sorrow, Larry Copeland, Lauren Hutto, B.J. Poole, Jason Coe and Levi Harris.
Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia was in charge of arrangements.
Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home, Vidalia, Ga.