The first Bowen School, #48, was built in the early 1900’s, on the Bowen Farm and Ranch, about four miles west of Coleman in the bend of Hords Creek.  (This building is still standing and being used as a hay barn in 1983).  It was started when a family moved in on the Bowen Farm to work for the late Robert I. Bowen.  They needed a school for their children so a one room school was built.

The old Bowen School and Success School, located on the hill west of the old Close home, consolidated in 1919.  A new two-room Bowen School was built in late 1919 or early 1920’s, located about a half mile up the creek, east of the old iron bridge.  The land was donated by John Pitts.  A room was later added to take care of the primary grades.  A cistern was in front of the building.  There were three class rooms.  The two front rooms had a stage which was used for programs.  They had large pot-bellied stoves for heat.  The building was also used as a polling place during election time.  They taught through the ninth grade, with the tenth and eleventh grades going to Coleman.

Some of the teachers at Bowen were: Bessie Close, Rosalee and Mary Lightner, Mrs. D. S. Jennings, Annette Spath, Grace (Wilhoit) Smith, Leona (Banister) Bruce, Viets Kelley, Florence Close, Mr. and Mrs. Sparks from Valera, Allie Pearce, Juanita Pearson and Miss Jewell Smith.

The Bowen School, (higher grades) consolidated with Centennial in 1936.  In the 1940’s, the primary grades consolidated with Centennial.  The second schoolhouse was bought by the Glen Cove Baptist Church in 1949 and moved to Glen Cove.