Mary Louise Bowman (Age 90) of Marbury, Maryland.

Obituary

Mary Louise Bowman of Marbury, Maryland affectionately known as "Miss Louise" departed this life on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center in La Plata, Maryland.

Mary Louise was born on June 15, 1924 in Port Tobacco, Maryland to the late Margaret Celestine Green and Arthur Swann. She grew up in Charles County and raised her family there until the time of her death.

Mary Louise loved being a homemaker; she enjoyed cooking, sewing and canning. She spent many hours farming side-by-side with her husband. After her husband had a heart attack, at the age of fifty Mary Louise learned to drive; and got her driver's license, so she could take him to his doctor's appointments.

She was preceded in death by her mother Margaret Celestine Green, father Arthur Swann and step-father, James Carter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Verlow Briscoe, Rosie Johnson, Magdalene Hagens and brother William Bush, husband, Charles H. Bowman Jr, children, Agnes C. Watson,
Charles H. Bowman III, Frances Louise Butler, Joseph Stephen Bowman and William Michael Bowman.

Mary Louise is survived by her children, James "Jimmy" Bowman (Carol Ann); Mary Jane Bowman, Ellen M. Hawkins (Leroy); Ann Elizabeth Butler (Genie); Margaret Linda Colbert (Donald); John Purnell Bowman (Carolyn); Herman Randy Bowman, Arthur David Bowman (Patricia); Sherman Anthony Bowman (Pinky); Carl Jeffery Bowman; sisters-in-laws Alice Venny, Mary Bush; special friend Grace
Clark; grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends.

God saw her getting tired
A cure was not to be.
He wrapped her in his loving arms and whispered
'Come to Me.'
She suffered much in silence,
Her spirit did not bend.
She faced her pain with courage,
Until the very end.
She tried so hard to stay with us,
But her fight was not in vain,
God took her to His loving home
And freed her from the pain.

Viewing 9am until time of Service, 11am, Thursday, February 12, 2015 in the Chapel of Thornton Funeral Home, P.A., 3439 Livingston Road, Indian Head, Maryland. Interment, St. Charles Cemetery, Glymont, Maryland.