Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

Lenward Bowie Sr. was born in Monroe, LA, on August 9, 1948, to the late Abraham H. Bowie Sr. and Corrine Crosby Bowie. Both parents, brothers Abraham Bowie Jr., Alberstine Bowie, Samuel Douglas, brother-in-law Nathaniel Mitchell, and sister-in-law Bobbie Bowie preceded him in death. At an early age, he accepted Christ and was baptized at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Monroe, LA. Lenward and Flora Ann Joiner-Bowie were joined in Holy Matrimony on January 2, 1982. He was an active church member, serving as a choir member and deacon.

Lenward attended Little Flower Academy and Richwood High School,...