SWAIN FUNERAL HOME
1632 Hatch Parkway North
Baxley, Georgia


Verma Lou Jenkins Bowen, 83, of Baxley died Saturday, February 11, 2017.

Verma was born Dec. 29, 1933 in Coffee County to the late Jesse Calvin Ricketson and the late Pauline Smith Ricketson. She was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. 

Verma was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Jenkins; a twin sister, Erma Sue Leggett; brother, Eddie Ricketson; and an infant sister. 

Survivors include her husband, Bruce Bowen of Baxley; daughters, Susan Jenkins Clark and husband Roger of Richmond Hill, Cynthia Jenkins Sims of Brooklet and Sylvia Griffin of Baxley; sons, Russell Jenkins and wife Kim of Richmond Hill and Corbett Bowen of Baxley; brother, Carver Ricketson of Maryland; sister, Evelyn Smith of Savannah; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and the Dr. William J. Degenhart family.
 
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, from the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church with the Revs. Darrell Quinn and Lawrence Butler officiating.

Interment will follow in Deen Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Roger Dale Clark Jr., Jeremy Michael Clark, Brandon Chuck Clark, Robert Barry Sims Jr., Russell Jack Jenkins III and Tyler Jameson Clark. Honorary pallbearers will be Mt. Vernon Adult Sunday School Class and all family and friends in attendance.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at Swain Funeral Home in Baxley.

Arrangements are under the direction of Swain Funeral Home.