Jack Bowen:  

Life March 15, 2016. Gee where do you start? First, let me apologize to the folks from Paschal H.S. If they clicked my picture wondering who this guy is they are outa luck. Karol Bowen (Blakney) graduated in '74 and graduated from TCU. She taught for 31 years before retiring from Arlington ISD. We've been married for some 32 years. We have two grown sons (Blake and Jeff) and a grandson (Houston). Karol has gone into substitute teaching for Birdville ISD. I retired from teaching in Birdville two years ago. Frankly, I couldn't stand to just walk away so now I head up the Watch Dogs program at West Birdville and mentor about 8 students. While Karol teaches I'm in charge of keeping the home fires burning (laundry, cleaning, cooking, etc, etc). Oh, I still ride the "Iron Mistress" with the Patriot Guard, and Bikers for Christ Motorcycle Ministry and volunteer at the Union Gospel Mission where we do weekly Bible studies (Alpha). Karol and I have two Rottweilers (Tin Man and Dorothy) that have grown with us; both are at my feet now. Wow, I can't believe it has been almost 50 years since we graduated from SFA! When I look back at the last 50 years, I see teachers faces that never grew old and classmates from SFA, Allen Academy, and North Texas that never aged. I remember great teachers at all three and it would take the rest of the space I have to list them all. My TEKE and APO fraters and brothers from NTSU will always have a special place in my heart. It was a sad time for me to seen Allen Military Aca...Expand for more