PALL BEARERS 
 
Cadet /COL. Raphael Heflin Cadet /LTC Reginald Croslan Cadet/MAJ Jamie Tuggle Cadet/CPT Robert Russell 
 
Cadet/lLT Todd Gilmore Cadet/lLT Eric Hunt 
Cadet/SFC Wendell Brown Cadet/SFC Robert Lofton 
 
FLOWER BEARERS 
 
Cadet:JrviSG Marchella Favors Cadet/MSG Eunice Parker 
 
Cadet/SSG Clarence Phillips Cadet/SGT Lekisia Parks 
 
JUST FOR A TIME 
Oh, How you used to walk With that insouciant smile 
I liked to hear you talk And your style 
Pleased me for a while. 
You were my early love New as a day breaking in Spring 
You were the image of Everything 
That caused me to sing. 
I don't like reminiscing Nostalgia is not my forte' 
I don' t spill tean On yesterday's years But honesty mak~s me say, You were a precious Joy How I loved to see you shine Your were the perfect boy And you were mine 
For a time. For a time. Just for a time. 
-Maya Angelou 
"We are grateful to you for your expressions of concern." -The Family 
 
 OBITUARY 
Richard Perry Milas Bowden, III was born March 10, 1978. He was the son of Mrs. Melva R. Jones, Mr. Richard Perry Milas Bowden, II, and Mr. James Jones, who has been a very loving and devoted stepfather. 
He was a former student of South Cobb High School and more recently attended Benjamin E. Mays High School, where he was a sophomore. 
Richard's outgoing personality, and a loving and respectful disposition, touched the lives of many. His radiant smile was ever present, an expression of joy that gave us all a smile that will forever live on within our hearts. 
He leaves loving memories to parents: mother, Mrs. Melva R. Jones; stepfather, Mr. James Jones; father. Mr. Richard Bowden, II; sister, Courtney Bowden; grandparents, Mrs. Jacqueline Rozier and the late Eugene Rozier, Mrs. Doris Bowden and Mr. Richard Bowden. Sr.; great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Sampson, Mrs. Fannie Hearst, Mr. J. C. Bowden and the late Mrs. Minnie Lee Bo~den; aunts, Mrs. Beverly Bridges, Ms. Michelle Bowden. and Ms. Tonya Rozier; uncle, Mr. Jacques Taylor; great-great aunt. Mrs. Addie Holt Johnson: a special cousin. Ms. Rewa Dabney; and a host of other relatives and friends. 
 
ORDER OF SERVICE The Reverend Leon Matthews, Officiating 
 
PRELUDE 
 
PROCESSIONAL 
 
HYMN 
SCRIPTURE Old Testament New Testament 
SOLO 
 
"Blessed Assurance' 
 
Congregation 
 
Bro. Erskine Powell Rev. Gregory Sutton 
Mr. Toby Pearson, Jr. 
 
PRAYER 
 
Rev. Gregory Sutton 
 
SOLO INSPIRATIONAL POEM 
 
Mr. Toby Pearson, Jr. Ms. Rewa Dabney, Cousin 
 
AC:KJ.'J"OWLEDGEMENTS MEDLEY OF HYMNS EULOGY 
 
Mrs. Cynthia Woods Mr. Jarvis Wilson, Organist 
Reverend Leon Matthews 
 
RECESSIONAL 
 
POSTLUDE 
 
Interment 
Lincoln Cemetery