Danny Bowling

PRINCETON - Danny Eugene Bowling, 85, of Hickory, NC, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 18. 2022 after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born July 9, 1937 in Bluefield, he was the son of the late Marvin and Mildred Bowling. The oldest of three siblings, he learned responsibility at a young age. Danny left home at age 17 for the U.S. Army and served one tour while stationed in Korea during the Korean War. After returning home he married the love of his life, Shirley Mae and shortly after moved from WV to Norfolk, VA looking for better opportunities to raise his young family. He worked as a meat manager for several local grocery stores and as a brakeman for the Norfolk and Western Railroad. After suffering a horrible accident on the railroad in the early 1970’s he gained a passion for entrepreneurship in remodeling and selling automobiles. It became a family joke that he could buy and sell pretty much anything. He had a quick sense of humor, a very strong work ethic and was very much a man of his word. In his later years he and his wife returned to the mountains which they loved of WV in retirement. His daughters and grandchildren were blessed to have him in their care his last few years of life and will forever be grateful for the gift of time spent with him. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Mae Bowling; son, Steven Bowling; sister, Tonna Proffitt; and grandson, Travis Churchwell. Survivors include a sister, Sandy Poole of Princeton; four daughters, Julie Linkous of Bluefield, Nancy Churchwell of Hickory, NC, Debbie Simmons of Phoenix, AZ and Lynn Coleman of Bonita Springs, FL; six grandchildren, Jeremy Visnesky, Allison Perkins, Jennifer Hilbert, Sharon Pletcher, Ashley Raposo and Abbie Coleman; eight great-grandchildren, Macie Jo, Kade and Karter Perkins, Abel and Iris Raposo, Madeline and Mackenzie Visnesky and Drake Pletcher. A cryptside service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 6, 2022 at Resthaven Memorial Park Mausoleum in Princeton. Friends and family attending the service are asked to meet at the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton by 1:30 p.m. Arrangements by Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.bailey-kirk.com.

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Danny Bowling

July 9, 1937 - December 18, 2022