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Mrs. Linda Faye Wells Bowen, age 77, a resident of Cottonwood, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2026, at her home surrounded by her family.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 am,  Tuesday April 28, 2026, at the Union Hill Baptist Church in Cottonwood with Chaplain Charles Goldsmith officiating.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Glover Funeral Home and Crematory of Dothan directing.

The family will be receiving friends at church from 10:00 am until 10:45 am,  Tuesday prior to services.  Flowers will be accepted.

Mrs. Bowen was born on February 28, 1949, in Hartford, the daughter of George Harvey Wells and Gladys Lucille Gilley Wells.  She grew up in Wicksburg and was a graduate of Wicksburg High School in 1967.  She was a homemaker where she enjoyed cooking, making quilts, fishing, and shopping with her grandchildren.  Mrs. Bowen always had a joke to tell.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, George Wells, Bill Kiser, and Bob Kiser.

Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Rex Bowen, Cottonwood; two daughters, Latricia Lynn Womack (Doug), Midland City; Amanda Kay Hasty (Mark), Greenwood, FL.; a son, Victor Rex Bowen, Cottonwood; a sister, Norma “Polly” Wood, Wicksburg; three brothers, Junior Wells, Johnny Mack Wells and Gerald Wells, all of Wicksburg; eight grandchildren, Victoria Nicole Palmer, Jessica Shae Johnson, Ashleigh Brynn Parker, Tristan Womack, Jacob Hasty, Krista McDaniel, Savannah Hasty, and Sarah Hasty; seven great-grandchildren.

Active pallbearers will be: Doug Womack, Mark Hasty, Caleb Palmer, Jake Johnson, Jacob Hasty and Gage Parker.

Honorary pallbearers will be: Sam McDaniel and Tristan Womack

Glover Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com