Ruth Bowles Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Ruth Bowles (Petersburg, Virginia), who passed away, on January 26, 2019. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Ruth Bowles or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her grandfather Clarence Penn, Sr.; her husband Joseph Leon Bowles, Jr.; her son Earl Stanley Bowles; her grandchildren, Tracy Jones-Brooks, Monique Woods, Rosalind Hawkes, Kimberly Simmons, Ronald Bowles (Chris), Ernest Hawkes III, Chanel Smith, Rashanikka Fowler, Michael Hawkes, Brandon Bowles, L'Oréal Williams, JoVon Bowles, Jonathan Hawkes and Sean Jenkins; her siblings-in-law, Maurice H. Bowles Sr. (Alice), Gloria D. Cooksey and Earthel Bowles of Kileen, TX; and her cousins, Olivia Peterson, Esther Barnes Sykes, Juanita Penn and Kevin Penn. She was also cherished by twenty-eight great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.