Leslie L. "Buddy" Bowman Jr. was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in 1937 and moved to St. Petersburg, Fl in 1949. He joined the Marines in 1954 at 16 years of age. He married Linda L. Bowman in 1956 and moved to Pinellas Park where they resided for close to 50 years before moving to Seminole, Fl.
Buddy is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Linda L. Bowman and his 5 adult children, Debra (Enguita), Roger Bowman, Donna (Snyder), Denise (Nevitt) and Randy Bowman, Sons in Law, Jim Enguita, Timothy Snyder and Daughter in Law Tami Bowman, also 12 Grandchildren and 5 Great-grandchildren.