MS GLADYS BOWMAN To TAPS

Gladys Love Patty Bowman, of Ringgold, Georgia died Sunday, July 15, 2018.

She was 99 years old. A member of Ringgold First Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Lena Love Patty and Berry Herman Patty.  

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 66 years, Joseph Carlock Bowman; grandson; Mark Joseph Hallyburton; and brothers, Arthur Patty and Howard Patty.

Survivors include her sister, Evelyn Patty Moore of Mobile, AL.; her daughters, Patty (Vernon) Hallyburton of Marietta, GA., and Carol (Bob) Clark of Chickamauga, GA.; her grandchildren, Scott (Robin) Hallyburton of Columbia, S.C., Cindy (Tim) Lewis of Apison, TN., and Rob (Elissa) Clark of Madison, AL.; her most precious great-grands, Trent Joseph and Erin Lewis, Lucy and Lindy Hallyburton and Nicholas Joseph Clark.

Mrs. Bowman grew up in Ringgold, graduated from Ringgold High School and Edmondson School of Business in Chattanooga.

She worked in Civil Service for several years. An assignment to Baltimore, MD., brought about a reunion with her fellow Ringgold H.S. graduate and future husband.

fter they were married, she created homes in more than a dozen places, from Puerto Rico to Hawaii, during her husband’s 33 year military career.

They retired and returned to Ringgold in 1972.

The family would like to give a special thank you to Mary and Martha’s Personal Care Home and Tapestry Hospice for their tender loving care.