DOVER, Fla. -Henry Coy Bowdoin, Sr., 82, of Dover, Florida, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2005, at Melech Hospice House in Temple Terrace. Coy was born August 8, 1923, to Alto Criss Bowdoin and Sarah Katherine Hendricks Bowdoin in Coffee County, Alabama.
His family moved to Dover in 1935 when he was 14 years old and he attended Dover School. He moved to Orangeburg in 1964 and worked with Hygrade and then retired to Wagener in 1978.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army 877th Airborne Engineer Battalion Glider Attachment. He served in WWII in Normandy on D-Day and in Northern France.
He married Agnes Ruth Croft in 1947 and was a loving and devoted husband for 49 years. In 1997 he married Ravenell Sweat. Coy was a member of Dover United Methodist Church and was active at the annual church bazaar as the "boiled peanut man" He was a member of the Disabled Veterans Assoc., American Legion, and Woodmen of the World Fraternity. Coy loved his Lord, his country and his family. He was a devoted grandfather.
His parents; brothers, Tully and Herbert; sisters, Tommie Rue and Sarah Will; and his wife, Ruth predeceased him.
His family moved to Dover in 1935 when he was 14 years old and he attended Dover School. He moved to Orangeburg in 1964 and worked with Hygrade and then retired to Wagener in 1978.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army 877th Airborne Engineer Battalion Glider Attachment. He served in WWII in Normandy on D-Day and in Northern France.
He married Agnes Ruth Croft in 1947 and was a loving and devoted husband for 49 years. In 1997 he married Ravenell Sweat. Coy was a member of Dover United Methodist Church and was active at the annual church bazaar as the "boiled peanut man" He was a member of the Disabled Veterans Assoc., American Legion, and Woodmen of the World Fraternity. Coy loved his Lord, his country and his family. He was a devoted grandfather.
His parents; brothers, Tully and Herbert; sisters, Tommie Rue and Sarah Will; and his wife, Ruth predeceased him.
DOVER, Fla. -Henry Coy Bowdoin, Sr., 82, of Dover, Florida, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2005, at Melech Hospice House in Temple Terrace. Coy was born August 8, 1923, to Alto Criss Bowdoin and Sarah Katherine Hendricks Bowdoin in Coffee County, Alabama.
His family moved to Dover in 1935 when he was 14 years old and he attended Dover School. He moved to Orangeburg in 1964 and worked with Hygrade and then retired to Wagener in 1978.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army 877th Airborne Engineer Battalion Glider Attachment. He served in WWII in Normandy on D-Day and in Northern France.
He married Agnes Ruth Croft in 1947 and was a loving and devoted husband for 49 years. In 1997 he married Ravenell Sweat. Coy was a member of Dover United Methodist Church and was active at the annual church bazaar as the "boiled peanut man" He was a member of the Disabled Veterans Assoc., American Legion, and Woodmen of the World Fraternity. Coy loved his Lord, his country and his family. He was a devoted grandfather.
His parents; brothers, Tully and Herbert; sisters, Tommie Rue and Sarah Will; and his wife, Ruth predeceased him.
His family moved to Dover in 1935 when he was 14 years old and he attended Dover School. He moved to Orangeburg in 1964 and worked with Hygrade and then retired to Wagener in 1978.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army 877th Airborne Engineer Battalion Glider Attachment. He served in WWII in Normandy on D-Day and in Northern France.
He married Agnes Ruth Croft in 1947 and was a loving and devoted husband for 49 years. In 1997 he married Ravenell Sweat. Coy was a member of Dover United Methodist Church and was active at the annual church bazaar as the "boiled peanut man" He was a member of the Disabled Veterans Assoc., American Legion, and Woodmen of the World Fraternity. Coy loved his Lord, his country and his family. He was a devoted grandfather.
His parents; brothers, Tully and Herbert; sisters, Tommie Rue and Sarah Will; and his wife, Ruth predeceased him.
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