ALONZO LORENZO BOWDEN

“BOOTYMAN”

AGED 57 • FORT MYERS, FLORIDA

MAY 21, 2026

ALONZO LORENZO BOWDEN, AGE 57, OF FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY ON MAY 21, 2026.

BORN IN NASSAWADOX, VIRGINIA, ALONZO GREW UP IN THE EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY AND WAS A PROUD GRADUATE OF NORTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL. A HARDWORKING MAN WITH A PASSION FOR THE OPEN ROAD, HE DEDICATED MANY YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO HIS CAREER AS A TRUCK DRIVER, A PROFESSION THAT SUITED HIS INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AND STRONG WORK ETHIC.

ALONZO WAS A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN AND A CHERISHED FRIEND. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SPOUSE, DAWN KWAMBAI, AND HIS THREE CHILDREN, WHO WERE HIS PRIDE AND JOY: ALONZIA ODESSA BOWDEN, CHALONZIA LORENZIE BOWDEN, AND DESHAWN EMBERY BOWDEN. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND HIS SPECIAL FRIEND, PAMELA TYLER SEALES, WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP HE DEEPLY TREASURED.

HIS MEMORY WILL BE KEPT ALIVE BY HIS LOVING NIECE, SANTONYA THOMAS, AND HIS NEPHEWS, LARRY THOMAS AND FRIZELL THOMAS. ALONZO HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF HIS GODFAMILY, INCLUDING HIS GODMOTHER, LORETTA TOWNSEND, HIS GODSISTERS AND GODBROTHER, DEMETRIA TOWNSEND, MICHELLE TOWNSEND, AND SHARON HARMON, VERNON TOWNSEND, ALONG WITH A HOST OF EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS AND LIFELONG FRIENDS.

ALONZO WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BELOVED MOTHER, ODESSA LILIAN THOMAS, HIS FATHER, ALONZO LORENZO WILLIAMS, AND HIS SISTER, FELICIA THOMAS. WHILE HIS PRESENCE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED, HIS FAMILY TAKES COMFORT IN KNOWING HE IS REUNITED WITH THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE HIM.