Carolyn J. Bowman

Published 12:00 am Friday, March 10, 2006

TOMPKINSVILLE – Carolyn J. Sheffield Bowman, 57, of Tompkinsville died March 9, 2006, at Monroe County Medical Center.

The Monroe County native was a secretary for the U.S.D.A. office in Tompkinsville and member of Hagan’s Grove Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late Adrian Sheffield and Lura Proffitt Sheffield. She was preceded in death by a sister, Geneva Speakman; and a brother, Rex D. Sheffield.

Funeral is at 2 p.m. Saturday at Strode Funeral Home, with burial in Monroe County Memorial Lawn. Visitation is from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and at 8 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to American Cancer Society, c/o Susan Clarkson, 1035 Old Mulkey Road, Tompkinsville, KY 42167.

Survivors include her husband, Marion Bowman; a son, Jason Proffitt Bowman of Tompkinsville; a brother, Delbert Sheffield of Tompkinsville; and three sisters, Ruth Woods of Tompkinsville, Lorene Brown of Sarasota, Fla., and Nadine Woods of Indianapolis.