Patricia Simpson Bowden

Patricia Ann Simpson Bowden, 63, passed peacefully from this life on July 1, 2014. A native of Willis Wharf, she was born March 5, 1951 to Alfred Simpson and Margaret Tatman Simpson. Pat graduated from Northampton High School in 1969. On March 25, 1972 she married Daniel Lee Bowden and then supported his career in the U. S. Coast Guard which included stations in Oregon, North Carolina, and Virginia. Following their return to the Eastern Shore of Virginia they settled in Exmore near Concord Wharf, and she pursued training to become a medical professional where she served the local community as an x-ray technician and EMT for many years. She contributed to other organizations such as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Red Cross. She will be remembered as an intelligent woman with an entertaining dry sense of humor. She dearly loved her children and protected them with a fierce intensity when necessary. She is survived by her husband, Danny; her son, Dan and his wife, Stacia, of Jenks, OK, and her daughter, Danielle Bowden, of Exmore; four grandchildren, Arianna and Laylia Bowden of Parksley, Tanith and Maddox Bowden of Jenks; a sister, Jane, and a brother, Bill. Pat will be greatly missed by her family. To honor her wishes, a private family service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com Arrangements were made by Doughty Funeral Home, Exmore, VA.