George William Bowen, Jr., age 81, of Buda, Texas passed away November 9, 2019.
George was born December 29, 1937 in Brackenridge Hospital, Austin, Texas to George W. Bowen, Sr. and Annie Ola Case Bowen. He grew up in Austin, graduating from Austin High in 1955. Always curious and a studious, industries fellow, George continued his education at the University of Texas at Austin and completed an Associates Degree in Accounting from Austin Community College.
With an accounting degree in hand, George went to work and while employed with Chatleff Controls, met Johnnie Mae Wyatt. They married in 1962 and celebrated 57 years of marriage recently. Accounting was not challenging enough for George and he moved into production management at Chatleff Controls and embarked on a lifelong pursuit of carpentry, machining, restoration and tinkering.
