First Posted: 4/19/2012

Fred Fulton Bowen, 87, of Bladenboro, died April 17, 2012, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center.

The funeral will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Bladenboro. Burial will follow in Singletary Cemetery in Butters.

Surviving are his wife, Hester Nance Bowen of the home; his son, Rick Bowen of Bladenboro; a brother, Grier Bowen of Gastonia; and his sister, Louise Barkley of Newton; a grandson; and a stepgranddaughter.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Bladenboro.