General James Bowen

General James Patton Bowen, age 26, died Sunday, October 15, 2017 in an automobile accident on HWY 499, Irvine, Kentucky. Born in Lexington, Kentucky he was the son of J. L. (Diane) Bowen and Paula (James) Watson and he was a Junior Fire Fighter who grew up around the Middlefork Volunteer Fire Department. General was a 2009 graduate of Powell County High School where he participated on the academic team and he was an avid gun, knife and sword collector, chess player and dungeon and dragons player. He was a Mason in Stanton Masonic Lodge 352 F. & A.M. where he had held the position of Junior Stewart, Senior Stewart and Senior Deacon. He was a full time college student at Morehead State University majoring in threat management, strategic management and public finance and was employed in customer service at the Pearl Company. General Bowen was a friend to everyone and the first to help someone in need. He was preceded in death by one brother, Warren William Asa Bowen, paternal grandparents, Bill and Olga Bowen and maternal grandfather, Asa Patton. He is survived by his parents, J. L. (Diane) Bowen and Paula (James) Watson; maternal grandmother, Mildred Patton; step grandparents, Lloyd "Jack" and Athurine "Kat" Watson; brothers, Robert Elliott Lee Bowen and Greg (Jeri) Noe; special brothers, Dustin Bowen, Brandon Bowen, Jarrett Patton and Mason Powell; sister Charlene (Daniel) Rice; special sisters, Crystal Spencer and Shanna Charles and uncles, Billy Wayne Bowen, Steve Bowen, Lee Patton, Mike Jones, Keith Bishop, Larry Bishop, Tim Osborne, John Koontz, Tony Watson and Rick Watson. Funeral services officiated by Bro. Brad Epperson and J. L. Bowen will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Hearne Funeral Home. Visitation begins at 5:00 P.M. Wednesday with Masonic Rites at 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Virden Cemetery, Ships Branch Road, Clay City, KY with Hunter Brown, Kedir Bowen, Major Bowen, Matthew Stitch, Evan Wigger and Shane Bowen serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Jean Bowen, Billy Boy Bowen and Family, Billy Wayne Bowen, Sherry Bowen and Family, E. G. Clark and Lisa Clark, Callie Bowen, Eugene Rice and Family, Mason Powell, Walter Para, Middlefork Volunteer Fire Department, Powell County Fire and EMS, Stanton and Clay City Police, Powell County Sheriff Office, Joe Patton and Family, Chad Rice, Garner Humphrey, Stanton Masonic Lodge 352 F. & A.M., Watson Family, Sawyer Spencer, Micah Patton, Kyle and Ross Foy, Shawna, Lonna and Natalie Bowen, Dee Dotson and Family, Shelby Bowen, Chelsea Nolan, The Miller Family, Isabelle McClure and Family, Ashrof Al-Jahdali and Jan Rieve. Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital For Children or Stanton Masonic Lodge 352 F. & A.M. Arrangements by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.