Obituary of Lucille Cox Bowman

Mrs. Velma Lucille Bowman, a longtime resident of Ozark passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023 at her home. She was 91 years old. Funeral services for Mrs. Bowman will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, January 8, 2023 in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home in Ozark with Reverend Jeremy Meetze officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ozark Sunday from 1:00 P.M. until service time. Serving as pallbearers will be Alex Guice, Ethan Guice, Bob Jones, Norman Sleeper, Chris Taylor and Aaron Andrews. Mrs. Bowman was born July 20,1931 in Cedartown, Georgia where she spent her early years and met William L. Bowman in 1957. They were married in 1958. Their journey began as a military family and led them to live in several places before settling in Ozark in 1968. Lucille worked as a lunchroom Lady for a combined 22 years at Eastgate and Mixon Schools. Lucille loved all children so this career was certainly her calling. She was blessed with three children, two sons and one daughter. Lucille loved butterflies, shopping, camping and most of all her family. She was an excellent cook, famous for her biscuits and potato salad. Some of her favorite things were Wendy’s Frosty, Sam’s Hot Dogs “Elvis” and anything chocolate. Her favorite song was “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”. She was a member of Camp Ground Baptist Church in Ozark and honorary member at VVA Chapter 373 in Ozark, DAV Chapter 84. Lucille will be sorely missed. She was preceded in death by her parents, Franklin Luther Cox and Gladys Estelle Miles Cox; her beloved husband of 64 years, SFC William Luther “Bo” Bowman, Jr. (United States Army, Retired) who passed away in July 2022; a younger sister, Elizabeth; brother, Frank Cox; and her special niece, Crystal Jones. She is survived by her daughter, Nina Segars of Ozark; two sons, Morgan Guice (Debora) of Ozark and Mayor Steve Guice (Jan) of Clayhatchee; four grandchildren, Samantha Taylor of Ozark, Amanda Guice of Clayhatchee, Alex Guice of Ozark and Ethan Guice of Atlanta; two great grandchildren, Mackenzie Taylor and Caleb Taylor both of Ozark; her sister, Pollie Jones (Bob) of Jacksonville, Arkansas. The family would like to thank Community Hospice of Dale Medical Center and Heather Ambers for the excellent care they gave Lucille. They would also like to thank Reverend Jeremy Meetze of Camp Ground Baptist Church in Ozark and the Camp Ground Baptist Church Family and Holman Funeral Home as well. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made in her memory to Camp Ground Baptist Church, 3898 Andrews Avenue, Ozark, Alabama 36360.