Nancy Bowman

1940 - 2022

CORDOVA, Tenn. - Nancy Lee Bowman, 81, passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, after a brief illness. She was blessed to live a full and active life right to the end.

She was born Feb. 12, 1940, in Monette to Henry and Amanda Ball. After graduation from Monette High School, she married Lee Bowman of Monette.

She found joy in all the activities and familiar routines of her family. She was industrious and ambitious, always busy, always building, planning and organizing.

She had a strong work ethic and a powerful drive to succeed. And she was always encouraging others to do their best.

After marriage, she moved to West Memphis to start a new life, taking a job at the Bank of West Memphis where she rose from secretary to vice president and trust officer.

She left the bank to become a business owner, founding along with her husband Big River Honda at West Memphis which in the 1970s they built into the world's largest motorcycle dealership.

After selling the business, she went into real estate moving to Cordova, Tenn., and working in residential real estate as a broker and builder until she retired.

She enjoyed golf and dancing and was a longtime member of the Grand Krewe Ennead of the Cotton Carnival where she was a regular at their dance socials.

She was deeply religious, firmly moral and scrupulously ethical. She was an inspiring mother and family matriarch leading by example to always do what was right and honest.

She loved her family above all things and was devoted and generous, always putting others before herself, always ready to offer a helping hand and be of service.

She is survived by her two sons, Alan and Bryan Bowman, her sister, Linda Stotts, brother, Phillip Ball, and her two grandchildren, Madigan and Ruby Bowman.

She was predeceased by her brother, Ed Ball, and her husband, Lee Bowman.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral Home.

Services and interment will be Saturday in Monette, time and location to be determined.