Jim Willie Bowman

Jim Willie Bowman, born in Whitley County, Kentucky, on July 23, 1935, to Clarence Albert Bowman and Laura Ellen Cooper Bowman, departed this life on February 10, 2024 at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Laura Bowman; sister, Edna Pearl Lawson; wife of 55 years, JoAnn Rhoden Bowman; daughter, Donna Gail Bowman; granddaughter, Cristy Sue Bryant; grandson, Daniel Ray Bowman.
He is survived by five children, Ethel Sue Lawson (Clarence), Jimmy Ray Bowman (Gracie), Ella Mae Bowman, Bobby Joe Bowman (Sula) and Angela Ann Bowman; 13 grandchildren, Kimberly Charlysa Huskey (Paul), Clarence Pride Lawson (Becky), Clarence Joey Lawson Jr. (Ashley), Joey Lawson, Antonie Lawson, June Cannon (Chuck), Tina Prewitt (Calvin), Brandon Bowman, April Carr, Christy Lee Ibarra (Gabe), Brandon Atha, Steve Lawson (Laura), Dessie Bowman, great-grandchildren, Jeremy Cima (Amber), Michael Prewitt, Alisha Prewitt, Dustin Cannon, Dylan Cannon, Connor Lawson, Cameron Lawson, Bella Lawson and Skylar Carr; three great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends to mourn his passing.
Jim was a member of the Clearfork Baptist Church and had a passion for building and farming.
Funeral service was Wednesday, February 14, at the Llewellyn Funeral Home Chapel in Jellico, TN with Rev. Billy Carpenter and Rev. Bill Woodward officiating.
Serving as pallbearers were Jerry Reynolds, Charles Hale, Paul Huskey, Brandon Atha, Steve Lawson, Jeremy Cima and Brandon Bowman.
The Llewellyn Funeral Home of Jellico in charge of arrangements.