Douglas R. Bowman, 70, of Ridgeway, SC, died at Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC, on Saturday, February 27, 2016.

Born in Arlington, VA, he was the husband of Mary Lynne Lawrence, and the son of the late DeWitt C. Bowman and late Pansy (Woodell) Kenney.

Doug was in the US Navy as a Boiler Tender having served four tours in Vietnam from 1965 to 1969. During boot camp, he was selected by his shipmates to be honorman of his company. While on the USS Carpenter (DD-825), he was selected to perform the duties of Oil King. He was responsible for monitoring and adjusting the ballast, testing the purity of the drinking water, and monitoring and testing the water and fuel used in the propulsion of the ship.

Doug enjoyed vegetable gardening and riding his motorcycle. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying fishing, hunting, and collecting firearms. He enjoyed studying ballistics, and the meticulous work involved in reloading his ammunition. He was expert working with his hands and tools in carpentry, electricity, plumbing, and anything else he took on.

Before retiring to SC, he owned a window fashions business and a landscape maintenance business. He managed the hunting/fishing department at a large sporting goods store. He worked for 12 years for Xerox Corporation in the Washington DC area as a Product Technical Specialist. In SC, he built his dream wilderness retreat – a log home overlooking a large pond.

In addition to his wife of 33 years, he is survived by 3 sons, Randall Clinton Bowman, and his wife Kimberly (Scaggs) of Gainesville, Virginia; Chris Darrell Bowman and his wife Eleni (Panidis) of Locust Grove, Virginia; and Timothy Roland Bowman and his wife Christine (Lee) Bowman, of Edmund, OK; grandchildren Collin, Christopher, Catherine, Pamela, Breanne, Hunter, and Heather; three nieces, Teresa Ann (Ennis) Bradshaw of Oxon Hill, Maryland, Audrey Lynne (Ennis) Boland of La Plata, Maryland; Bernadette (Lawrence) Jayakumar and her husband Satish of Mechanicsburg, PA; and, nephew Timothy Lawrence and his wife Kelly of Ephrata, PA. He was preceded in death by his sister Joyce Ann Ennis and his brother Charles Roland Goss.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Charles F. Snyder, Jr. Funeral Home & Crematory, 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz, PA. Friends and family will be received at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, PA. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to your favorite charity.