Family will receive friends on Thursday, April 18th at 11:-00 a.m. until time of service at 12:00 p.m. at Church of Christ of the Apostolic Faith, 1200 Brentnell Avenue, Columbus, OH 43219.   Interment: Greenlawn Cemetery

Renee Chenelle Bowman, 62, WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024, AT MOUNT CARMEL EAST HOSPITAL, SHE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 14, 1961, TO THE UNION OF THE LATE NATHANIEL WILSON, SR.. AND OLIVIA WILSON (COOPER) AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.

AS A CHILD, RENEE WAS QUIET BUT VERY PROTECTIVE OVER THOSE SHE LOVED. IN 1980, SHE GRADUATED FROM EASTMOOR HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE PLAYED ON THE GIRLS RESERVE VOLLEYBALL TEAM. WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, RENEE WORKED AT THE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND SHE WOULD LATER GO ON TO HOLD EMPLOYMENT AT LONG JOHN SILVERS, REVCO DISCOUNT DRUG STORE (NOW KNOWN AS CVS), AND FIREPROOF RECORDS CENTER (NOW KNOWN AS VRC), WHERE SHE CELEBRATED 29 YEARS OF SERVICE. HER CO-WORKERS DESCRIBED HER AS A SWEET AND THOUGHTFUL PERSON, AND A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE.

IN 1983, RENEE WAS BORN IN THE NEWNESS OF LIFE. ON HEARING THE WORD OF GOD, RENEE WAS BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST ON DECEMBER 3, 1983. SHE RECEIVED THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST ON DECEMBER 4, 1983, WITNESSED BY HER PASTOR, THEN ELDER EDGAR ALLEN POSEY, OF LIVING FAITH APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. RENEE WOULD GO ON TO BE AN EARNEST AND DEVOUT MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH.

ALTHOUGH RENEE DID NOT MINISTER AT HER HOME CHURCH, SHE MINISTERED AT SOME OF THE CHURCHES SHE VISITED. ON OCCASION SHE WOULD FELLOWSHIP WITH GREATER CHRIST TEMPLE IN LIMA, OHIO, WHERE HER BROTHER, BISHOP MICHAEL COOPER, SR., PRESIDED,. SHE WOULD ALSO FELLOWSHIP WITH GREATER GLORY MINISTRIES (BISHOP ALPHONSO JENNINGS), AND OPEN SEAS OUTREACH MINISTRY CHURCH (PASTOR STACY JONES). RENEE ENJOYED WITNESSING TO OTHERS ABOUT JESUS AND HIS COMING.

IN 1990, SHE MARRIED RORY CHRISTOPHER BOWMAN, SR., AND THROUGH THEIR LOVE, THE FIRST OF THEIR TWO CHILDREN, RORYANA RENEE BOWMAN, WAS BORN. THE TWO WOULD LATER HAVE A SON IN 1997, RORY CHRISTOPHER BOWMAN, JR., WHO WOULD ENTER THEIR HEARTS BUT BE BORN INTO THE GATES OF HEAVEN. RENEE WAS A LOVING, DOTING, AND DEVOTED MOTHER TO HER CHILDREN, BOTH LIVING AND DECEASED. SHE RELISHED BEING A MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.

RENEE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT OF WORDS, AND WAS KEEN TO WRITING POEMS, ANECDOTES OF LOVE, AND AFFIRMATIONS. RENEE WAS A LAID BACK AND QUIET PERSON IN HER OWN RIGHT BUT EXUDED LOVE AND KINDNESS. SHE WAS GENUINELY A CARING PERSON.

RENEE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY, BELOVED DAUGHTER, RORYANA BOWMAN; SON-IN-LOVE, ROBERT JONES, JR.; TWO GRANDCHILDREN, EMORY SLAPPY AND LAYLANI SLAPPY, ALL OF COLUMBUS, OHIO; SISTERS, ELIZABETH JENKINS OF PORTLAND, OREGON, SHELBY JOHNSON OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND IVY (EARL) BREWER OF COLUMBUS, OHIO; BROTHER, NATHANIEL WILSON, JR., OF COLUMBUS, OHIO; SISTER-IN-LOVE, THERESA "TOBI" COOPER; NEPHEWS, LADONNIVAN WILSON OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MICHAEL (KHALEA) COOPER II OF LIMA, OHIO, AND JASON (TERESA) CHANNELS OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO; NIECES, CHERRELL BATES, CHRISTIAN COOPER, RANDI MUNNERLYN, AND ALISHA CHANNELS, ALL OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND A HOST OF GREAT-NIECES, GREAT-NEPHEWS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS.

IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, RENEE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON, RORY CHRISTOPHER BOWMAN, JR.; SISTER, CHERYL "KALA" BATES; BROTHERS, BISHOP MICHAEL COOPER, SR., AND HARRY "HEC" CHANNELS, AND GREAT-NIECE, KHAELYN ELIZABETH JEAN COOPER. WITH HER WITNESS, WITTY PERSONALITY, LOVE, KIND, AND CARING HEART, RENEE SURELY WILL BE MISSED BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.