LETA MADGE BOWEN, 69, of Wayne, W.Va., went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 21, 2019.  She was born January 25, 1950 at Wayne, a daughter of the late Clyde and Edna Porter.  Her husband Orville Bowen also preceded her in death along with her son, Timothy Allen Bowen; one brother, Robert Porter, and one sister, Olive Thompson.  Leta was a member of the Radnor Church of Christ and was a retired in-home health care provider.

She leaves behind four daughters, Betty (Dwight) Cox of Wayne, Edna Skeens, also of Wayne, Anna (Jed) Sanders of Ona, W.Va., and Samantha Bowen of Huntington, W.Va.; and three grandchildren, Kendra Skeens of Wayne, Timothy Allen Bowen, Jr., of Greensburg, Ky., and Jazmyn Sanders of Ona.

Also surviving are three sisters, Rosetta Faye Sparks of Ft. Gay, W.Va., Shirley Thompson of Wayne, and Geneva (Jack) Watts of Ft. Gay; one brother, John (Gladys) Porter of Genoa, W.Va.; special friend Kayla Bell of Barboursville, W.Va.; several nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.

Funeral services will conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, October 24, 2019 at Johnson Tiller Funeral Home with Evangelist Wyn Baker and Brother Glen Whited officiating.  Burial will follow in the Orville Bowen Cemetery, Genoa.   Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.