Kimberlie Kay “Kim” Philpot Bowling, 61, of Powderly, passed away Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at Paris Regional Health.
Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29th at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Chris Kelley officiating. Burial will follow in Knights of Honor Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from noon – 2:00 p.m.
Kim, the daughter of Roy Benton Philpot & Shirley Carrier Philpot, was born Dec. 30, 1962, in Dallas, TX.
She graduated from Prairiland High School in 1980. Her career at the family business, Philpot’s Donuts, began at an early age and continued through 2005. She then began working at Sara Lee and was there until the plant closed. Kim continued working with J. Skinner and remained with that company until the plant closed.
Her children & family were the highlight of her life. She enjoyed cooking, baking, and was an avid animal lover. The biggest lesson she leaves is “You don’t have to have a lot to give a lot”.
She was preceded in death by her father, Roy Philpot, her first husband, Wesley A. Conley, her husband, William Richard Bowling, her step-father, Maxie Arnold, a brother, Doug Philpot, a step-son, William Richard Bowling, Jr., a grandson, John Neil Ritchey, and a great grandson, Dustin Bowling.
Survivors include her mother, Shirley Jean Carrier Philpot Arnold, children, Wesley Conley & wife Lindsey, Jency Lawson, Roy Ritchey & wife Ashley, Michael Bowling, and Charlie Jones & wife Jori, grandchildren, McKenzie Rash & husband Tristan, Brinlyn Conley, Yasmine Enloe, Megan Lawson, Opal Mae Lawson, Bryson Ritchey, Jakup Ritchey, Shealyn Ritchey, Benton Ritchey, Amber Holmes & husband Dayton Binyon, Roy Kyle Bowling & wife Justina, Marjorie Bowling, Nathan Moore, Beverly Bowling, Paris Bowling, Presley Bowling, Taylor Dunn & husband Robert, Sydney Jones, Hunter Jones, and Archer Jones, great grandchildren, Victoria Holmes, Elizabeth Holmes, Haven Binyon, Maverick Binyon, R. J. Bowling, Kenneth Bowling, Kenzie Bowling, Richard Bowling, Emery Bowling, William Bowling, Jane Henry, Aden Whitley, Brittlynn Bowling, Colton Hicks, Kreadon Bowling, Zander Boiles, Aliyah Moore, and Alyissia Dun, great great grandchildren, Kallen Rash and Lakian Rash, a brother, Shawn Philpot & wife Michelle, nieces & nephews, Zach Rivera, Zach Philpot & wife Brittany, Hunter Baca & husband Nick, and Collin Philpot & wife Kyrra along with a number of children she reared as her own.
Casket bearers will be: Wesley Conley, Shawn Philpot, Zach Philpot, Roy Ritchey, Michael Bowling, Nathan Moore, Zach Rivera, and Kyle Bowling. Honorary bearers will be: Charlie Jones and Benton Ritchey.
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