Clifford Bowes, born on February 2, 1932, in Whitesboro, New York. Was married 30 years to Cathleen Bowes.

Clifford worked for the Pasco County schools for 25 years and Dade City Fire Rescue for 20 years. Clifford was vice president of Pin Cashers in Zephyrhills for 20 years. He left his family at the age 18 to join the Army where he became a sergeant and spent 4 years in Korea. He will be miss by the teachers and kids the he helped, the people whose life he saved and by the community he was such a big part of.