Barbara G. Bowman, 73, of Deputy, Indiana passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana after a brief illness. She was born on June 12, 1943 in Deputy, Indiana, the daughter of the late John Everett Perkinson and Geneva Mae (Peacock) Perkinson. Barbara graduated from Scottsburg High School and then earned a Bachelors Degree from the old Marion College, now known as Indiana Wesleyan University. She was the first person in her family to graduate from college, paving the way for other family members. Barbara was a retired Caseworker for the Indiana Department of Family and Children in Scottsburg, Indiana. Prior to working for the State, she was an Elementary School Teacher and had worked at several elementary schools including ones in Austin, Elizabethtown (KY) and Noblesville, Indiana. She was a member of the Christian Pilgrim Holiness Church in Austin, Indiana, where she had served as a Sunday School Teacher, a Youth Leader and was their Pianist. She more recently attended Alpha Baptist Church near her home in Deputy, Indiana. When Barbara was in college she studied Greek so that she could have a better understanding of the Bible which she loved to read and research. Barbara enjoyed working outdoors not only at her own residence, but for nearly 20 years she maintained the Jefferson County Holiness Tabernacle grounds. She was a outstanding cook, enjoyed watching Little House on the Prairie and in her younger years was a great softball player. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Nancy Ann Mayhew. Survivors include a daughter, Christina Bowman-Smith and her husband Wesley of Covington, Georgia; a son, Bradley A. Bowman and his wife Christie of Deputy, Indiana; three brothers, Jackie Perkinson of Scottsburg, Indiana, Gary Perkinson and his wife Shirley and John M. Perkinson and his wife Beth all of Deputy, Indiana and four grandchildren, Aaron Smith, Ellie, Emma and Ethan Peacock. Online condolences:www.collinsfuneralhome.net.