![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An outdoors man at heart, he loved hunting, fishing and was a diehard Ga. Jimmy was a member of Kappa Alpha Order and Liberty Church Macon. Jimmy found his career passion in the mid-1960’s and formed Bowman Electric Company in 1967. Their family grew over the next ten years to include three sons and one daughter. In 1964, the young newlyweds moved to South Bibb County on family land. Jimmy and Murrell Ann were married in 1959 and have been best friends thereafter. At Mercer University, he met his soul mate of 64 years, Murrell Ann Lipford also of Macon, Georgia. Jimmy attended Georgia Tech and Mercer University along with a brief period in the Army- National Guard. He moved to Macon with his family in 1949, when he was twelve years old. Jimmy was the second of five siblings and is survived by his youngest sister, Sylvia Jackson, of Edison, Georgia. Jimmy was born in Abbeville, Georgia, on July 5, 1937, to the parents of John Ashley Bowman and Myrtice Irene Collins. Jimmy always wanted “I worked yesterday” engraved on his tombstone but was cheated by a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s. While the disease controlled the last few years, his life was defined by his selfless devotion to his family and his strong work ethic. He passed away peacefully, with loved ones by his side, in their home of 59 years, located in the loving community of Rutland. It is with great sadness that the family of Jimmy Lawton Bowman announces his passing at the age of 85, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. ![]()
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