Kenneth Mansel Bowden

January 15, 1942 - June 19, 2017

Graveside services for Kenneth Mansel Bowden, 75, of Rusk will be 2:00 Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Salem Cemetery, under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home with Bro. Don Copeland officiating. Mr. Bowden passed away peacefully in his favorite chair on June 19, 2017. He was born on January 15, 1942 in Rusk to the late Mansel and Ila Bowden. He was a rancher and farmer, and loved the time he spent with his family. He loved being a grandfather and a great-grandfather. He retired as a barber from the prison system. He is predeceased by his parents, wife, Pat Bowden, daughter, Connie Rochelle Bowden, brother, WR Bowden, sister, Barbara Halbert, and grandson, Bobby Young. He is survived by his daughter, Regina Gail Palubin, Rusk, daughter and son-in-law, Sandy Leigh and Richard Hagstrom, Tyler, grandchildren, Christy Sanders, Joshua and Jessica Cox, step granddaughter, Shauna Marie Banks, five great-grandchildren, sisters and brothers-in-law, Janis and Kenneth Helm, Rusk, Mary and Chris Hoover, Rusk, and brother and sister-in-law James and Sandy Bowden, South Fork, Colorado. Pallbearers will be Layton Young, Christian Collins, Richard Hagstrom, Kevin Bowden, Josh Hoover, and Scott Helm. Visitation will be 1:00, Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at the funeral home.