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Barbara Bowen

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Barbara Naughtin Walsh Bowen passed away in Omaha, Neb. on April 14, 2013. Preceded in death by husbands John Buell Naughtin of Omaha, Neb., Dr. Edward Walsh of Omaha, Neb., and Alfred T. Bowen of Little Rock; parents: Col. and Mrs. Raiford Payne; sister, Rosemary Lane; daughter, Patricia Naughtin Wheeler. Born Nov. 9, 1917 in Harrison, Ark. at home of grandfather, H.A. Crandell. Mr. Crandell was an early settler of Harrison and served as it's Mayor and also as a State Senator from Boone County. She was educated in Little Rock Public Schools graduating from Little Rock High School in 1934. She attended the University of Arkansas in Fayettville where she was active in Chi Omega Sorority and a member of the Octagon (Mortar Board). Following graduation in 1938, she joined her family in Omaha where she met and married John Buell Naughtin. After 5 years in the Army during World War II, they returned to Omaha and raised a family. Mr. Naughtin died in 1970. In 1981, she married Dr. Edmond Walsh. He died in 1987. She married Alfred T. Bowen in 1992 and moved to Little Rock. She said she felt like she had never been away and stayed in Little Rock another 20 years after his death. The service was held in Omaha Tuesday April 23, 2013 and she was laid to rest in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. She was for the last 3 years, a Resident of Omaha, Neb. The family wishes to extend their thanks and remembrances to her sister-in-law, Peal Pennington; grand-niece, Olivia Piazza and her daughter, Catherine; and special friends - Mildred Smith, Kula Kompuris, Polly Brainard, and Ron Robinson. Memorials to the Arkansas Food Bank.

Published April 29, 2013

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