Joe Bowman (marksman)
Joe Bowman | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Betty (Fruge) Bowman (1954–1968, divorced); Betty Reid-Bowman (c.1992–2009, his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Joseph Lee Bowman
Biography
Bowman was born in
During World War II, Bowman served in the Army and saw action in France; he received three Bronze Star Medals and a Purple Heart.[3] After the war, he attended the University of Houston for two years, before opening his own boot store in Houston.[3]
After selling his store in the 1960s, Bowman became a salesman and began performing as The Straight Shooter in his spare time.
Bowman died in June 2009, while en route to his home in Houston; he had stopped overnight in Junction, Texas, returning from a convention that he had performed at in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[3] In July 2009, he was posthumously inducted into the Texas Heroes Hall of Honor at the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera.[4][5] Bowman married twice, and had two children from his first marriage.[3]
References
- ^ "WWII Draft Registration Card". fold3.com. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Grimes, William (July 5, 2009). "Joe Bowman, Sharpshooter, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Holley, Joe (July 13, 2009). "Sharpshooter called himself the 'Master of Triggernometry'". Los Angeles Times. p. 12. Retrieved June 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Genie Strickland, "Frontier Times Museum announces Texas Heroes Hall of Honor", Bandera Bulletin, July 7, 2009.
- ^ "'Captain' Joe Bowman". frontiertimesmuseum.org. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
Further reading
- Hutchcroft, Joel J. (August 2020). "Mr. Straight Shooter: Joe Bowman". Shooting Times. pp. 72, 70.