Barbara Bowen

Barbara Jean Bowen, 63, of Millersville died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003, at Jackson Manor.

She was born Dec. 15, 1940, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Ernest and Helen Bowers Mayberry. She and Ed Bowen were married Nov. 19, 1992.

Survivors include her parents; her husband; four stepsons, Arnold Bowen of Millersville, Lewis Bowen of Marston, Mo., Larry Bowen of Jackson and Bobby Bowen of West Plains, Mo.; three stepdaughters, Shirley Rhynes of Jackson, Betty Gracyus of Summit, Ill., and Joy Hill of Cape Girardeau; five brothers, Ronnie Mayberry of Perryville, Mo., Donnie Mayberry of Jackson, Leroy and Jimmie Mayberry of Gulfport, Miss., and Steve Mayberry of Topeka, Kan.; and four sisters, Peggy Hendrix of Carbondale, Kan., Rosemary Klifel of Topeka, Kan., Janet Woods of Scott City, and Katie Mayberry of Long Beach, Miss.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Chapel in Jackson.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel. The Rev. Ronnie Brown will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.