Rubel L. Bowman was born at Mooreville in Falls County and moved to Crosby County in June of 1906. He farmed in the Farmer and Cone communities until 1919. After the death of his wife, May Terrell Bowman, he married Miss Stella Gibson, who was teaching school at Cone.
The Bowmans moved to their farm near Lorenzo in 1919, where they lived until he was forced by illness to retire, and he turned over the farm management to his only child, a son, R.T. Bowman.
Mr. Bowman was interested and participated in political acitivities. In the late 1920's he served as alderman for Lorenzo. As head of the local Red Cross, he was always successful in topping his quota in the annual drives. He was always first to recognize any need arising in the community and set about relieving it. A number of acres on his farm were devoted to raising of fresh vegetables, which he gave away to ones of the community around.
Mrs. Stella Bowman is a teacher in the Lorenzo schools and is very active in the work of the P.T.A. and the Methodist Church.
Source: "Through the Years, A History of Crosby County, Texas" by Nellie Witt Spikes and Temple Ann Ellis ©1951; The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas
Services for Stella Gibson Bowman, 91, of Lorenzo were held at 2 p.m. Monday, December 21, 1987 in the Lorenzo First United Methodist church with Rev. Sid Parsley, pastor of the Olton First United Methodist Church and Travis Boyd, minister of the Lorenzo Church of Christ officiating.
Burial followed in the Lorenzo Cemetery under direction of Carter-Adams Funeral Home.
She died at 4:45 a.m. Saturday, December 19, 1987 in the Lubbock Hospitality House following a lengthy illness.
She was born February 2, 1896 in Rogers, Texas and married R. L. Bowman in April of 1918 in Crosby County. He preceded her in death September 16, 1951. She was a retired School Teacher, a member of the Lorenzo First United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She had lived in the Lorenzo area since 1918.
Survivors include: 1 son, Jack Bowman of Lorenzo; 2 grandchildren, Don Bowman of Nashville, Tennessee and Judy Miller of Lubbock; 4 great grandchildren, Jackie Bowman of Reseda, California, Casey Bowman of Reseda, California, Sharon Miller of Ruidoso, New Mexico, Susan Jenkins of Connecticut; several nieces and nephews.
©Crosby County News & Crosbyton Review, February 21, 1988
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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