Benny Jack Bowman (July 4, 1932 – August 1, 2022) was an American politician from the state of

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

who served in the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

from 1967 to 1976. A Republican, he represented

Roane County, Tennessee Roane County is a County (United States), county of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 2010 United States Census, census, the population was 53,404. Its county seat is Kingston, Tennessee, Kingston. Roane County is included in the Knox ...

. Residing in

Harriman, Tennessee Harriman is a city located primarily in Roane County, Tennessee, with a small extension into Morgan County. The population of Harriman was 5,892 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography Harriman is situated along the physiographic boundary ...

, he was a businessman and farmer. Bowman was of the

Southern Baptist The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization, the largest Protestantism in the United States, Pr ...

faith and was a life-long member of Caney Ford Baptist Church. He died on August 1, 2022, at the age of 90.

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1932 births 2022 deaths Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives People from Kingston, Tennessee People from Harriman, Tennessee Tennessee Technological University alumni Businesspeople from Tennessee Farmers from Tennessee 20th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly {{Tennessee-politician-stub