THE WORLD BECAME BETTER AND MORE JOYFUL ON MONDAY AUGUST 16, 1982, AT 5:50AM WHEN A SECOND BABY GIRL WEIGHING 11LBS 6OZ WAS BORN TO WILLIE AND LILLIE BOWLER IN MUSKOGEE OK ADDING A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.

FROM THE VERY START OF HER LIFE SHE MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH HER BOSSY WAYS, BIG HEART, LEADERSHIP, JOY, LAUGHTER, SMILE, AND STRENGTH. HER PRESENCE ALWAYS MADE A DIFFERENCE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHEN SHE WAS AROUND. WHEN SHE ENTERED A ROOM, SHE COMMANDED THE ROOM IN A BIG WAY! EVEN GROWING UP IN CHURCH AS A CHILD INTO HER ADULT YEARS AT CUMMINGS COLE CME CHURCH SHERIKA WAS ALWAYS ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH WISDOM BEYOND HER YEARS. YOU WOULD OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE SAY "SHE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE". BECAUSE OF HER LEADERSHIP AND TAKE CHARGE ATTITUDE PEOPLE ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS THE OLDEST BUT BLANCH WOULD ALWAYS REMIND HER WHO WAS.

SHE STARTED GRADE SCHOOL AT MOTON ELEMENTARY UNTIL THE SCHOOL MERGED WITH BOYNTON. SHE ATTENDED BOYNTYON-MOTON SCHOOLS UNTIL TRANSFERRING TO HASKELL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE GRADUATED WITH
THE CLASS OF 2000 AS A HASKELL HAYMAKER, WHILE HER CARDINAL PRIDE STILL RAN DEEP. SHE ALSO ATTENDED INDIAN CAPITAL VO-TECH DURING HER JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR WHERE SHE WAS EXCEPTIONAL IN FOOD SERVICE. SHERIKA WAS VERY FOND OF HER CLASSMATES AND CONTINUED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

SHE DECIDED NOT TO ATTEND COLLEGE IMMEDIATELY AND STARTED WORKING AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AS A TEACHERS ASSISTANT. SHE THEN ATTENDED TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHERE SHE GRADUATED AS A DENTAL ASSISTANT. WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE SHE BECAME EMPLOYED AT OFFICE DEPOT WHERE SHE MET AND GREETED PEOPLE WITH HER INFECTIOUS SMILE AND BUBBLY PERSONALITY. DURING HER TIME AT OFFICE DEPOT SHE BECAME A MANAGER AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLAHOMA CITY CHANGED HER LIFE IN THE BEST WAY.

IN 2016, SHE GAVEBIRTH TO A'NARRIA DONETTE. SHERIKA WAS SO ELATED AND GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR THE BLESSING OF A DAUGHTER; SHE NOW HAD A "MINI DIVA". A'NARRIA WAS HER PRIDE AND JOY AND SHE MADE SURE A'NARRIA WAS PROTECTED AND LOVED TO THE UTMOST. SHE TAUGHT HER TO BE A GOD FEARING LITTLE GIRL WHO WILL ONE DAY GROW UP TO BE A GOD FEARING YOUNG LADY. JUST THREE WEEKS AGO A'NARRIA WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED AND SHERIKA MADE SURE IT HAPPENED IN HER BATHTUB WITH A PHONE CALL TO HER LITTLE SISTER WHITNEY AND BIG SISTER BLANCH TO PRAY BEFORE. A'NARRIA DISPLAYS CONSTANT LIFE VIRTUES HER MOMMY HAS TAUGHT HER, FROM HER LOOKS, CHARACTER AND BOSSY WAYS.

EVEN THOUGH SHERIKA IS NO LONGER WITH US WE SEE IT IN A'NARRIA DAILY. SHERIKA LOVED, CARED, GAVE TO MANY AND WAS INVOLVED IN OUTREACHES, CHURCH LEADERSHIP AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER WITH THE TAFT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN COLLEGE AND WORKING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. SHE WAS HUNGRY FOR THE WORD OF GOD. SHE ATTENDED BELONG GROUPS AT THE RESTORATION PLACE IN FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS AND AT THE BRICK CHURCH SHE WAS CURRENTLY ATTENDING IN MUSKOGEE OKLAHOMA. SHE GOT BAPTIZED THIS YEAR ON JANUARY 30TH BY HER BIG BROTHER WILLIAM AT THEIR CHURCH IN FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS.

SHERIKA LOVED TO SING AND HAD A LOVE FOR ALL TYPES OF MUSIC. SHE LOVED TO COOK ,WAS GOOD AT AND WAS ALWAYS TRYING NEW RECIPES. SHERIKA WILL BE TRULY MISSED. SHE WAS A TRUE COMEDIAN AND LIFE OF THE PARTY THOSE WHO GREETED HER THAT WENT ON BEFORE HER ARE; HER FATHER, WILLIE DON BOWLER, GRANDPARENTS: PEARL BREWER, JOSEPH SELLS, BLANCH LEE, CHARLES W. LEE. GREAT GRAND PARENTS: ALVIN AND WILLIE BOWLER, AND HER SPECIAL AUNTIE JEAN.

THOSE THAT WILL CONTINUE THE JOY: HER DAUGHTER A'NARRIA, HER MOM; PAULETTE, TWO SISTERS; BLANCH (WILLIAM), AND WHITNEY. SPECIAL NIECE STAISHA AND GREAT NIECE NAHLA, TWO NEPHEWS; JOZIAH, AND JENTZEN. SPECIAL AUNT; JACKIE, AND ALL HER UNCLES AND AUNTIES WHOM SHE LOVED, GOD DAUGHTER ISYSS, GOD SONS CLIFTON AND MICHAEL, GOD BROTHER KHRIS BROWN, SPECIAL COUSIN; BRYAN, SPECIAL FRIENDS, AMBER, EBONY, NARD AND DEVIN ALONG WITH MANY OTHER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COWORKERS.

Miss Sherika Bowler, after 39 years, transitioned " from Earth to Everlasting Glory " on Sunday morning, May 29, 2022 from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Sacred Farewell to Miss Sherika Bowler will be held on Saturday morning, June 11, 2022 at 10:00 AM in the most holy sanctuary of Muskogee Assembly of God.  Pastor Sandra Givens-Goff will officiate and Pastor William Lang, Jr., will deliver the Eulogy.   Burial will follow in the Doyle Cemetery at Yahola, Oklahoma.

You may visit Sherika on Friday between the hours of 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM at the funeral home in Muskogee.