Katherine Bowman

Funeral services for Katherine Gunnells Bowman of Simmesport will be held on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 beginning at 10am at the Christ the King Catholic Church in Simmesport. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 beginning at 5pm until 10pm at the Escude' Funeral Home in Simmesport and will resume Wednesday morning at 8am. Burial will be held at Gunnells Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Escude Funeral Home.

Katherine Gunnells Bowman, age 82, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Bayou Chateau Nursing Home in Simmesport. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Elliot Bowman; daughters, Wanda Davis and Debra Nobe; grandchildren, Dale Paul Duplantis and Tiffany Lynn Moreau; parents, W.T. "Billy" Gunnells, Jr. and Mabel Dupuy Gunnells; brothers, Huey Gunnells, Charles Gunnells, & William T. Gunnells, III.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Etta Jernigan of Simmesport, Paula Falgout of Maurepas, & Cordette Moreau of Lettsworth; son, Billy Joe Dupont; brothers, Kenneth Gunnells, Harold Gunnells, and Raymond Gunnells; sister, Pettie G. Armand. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.

Visitation

Escude Funeral Home of Simmesport
625 Main St.
Simmesport, LA  71369
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
5:00pm to 10:00pm

Reopen

Escude Funeral Home of Simmesport
625 Main St.
Simmesport, LA  71369
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
8am

Service

Funeral Mass

Christ the King Catholic Church
657 Main St.
Simmesport, LA  71369
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
10:00am

Cemetery

Gunnells Cemetery
21330 Louisiana 417
Lettsworth, LA  70753