Jim Bowles, 80, lives at Rock Bridge in northern Monroe County. He leads an almost primitive life, drawing water from a well on the rear porch of his generations-old house. A part-time janitor at Joe Harrison Carter Elementary School, Bowles spends his spare time doing what he loves most – fiddling. He learned to fiddle by listening to records and attending state-wide contests. Bowles prefers his life in the country to the life of his counterparts in the city. Part of that life includes praying each night, so he can “give thanks to the Lord.”Jim Bowles, 80, lives at Rock Bridge in northern Monroe County. He leads an almost primitive life, drawing water from a well on the rear porch of his generations-old house. A part-time janitor at Joe Harrison Carter Elementary School, Bowles spends his spare time doing what he loves most – fiddling. He learned to fiddle by listening to records and attending state-wide contests. Bowles prefers his life in the country to the life of his counterparts in the city. Part of that life includes praying each night, so he can “give thanks to the Lord.”Jim Bowles, 80, lives at Rock Bridge in northern Monroe County. He leads an almost primitive life, drawing water from a well on the rear porch of his generations-old house. A part-time janitor at Joe Harrison Carter Elementary School, Bowles spends his spare time doing what he loves most – fiddling. He learned to fiddle by listening to records and attending state-wide contests. Bowles prefers his life in the country to the life of his counterparts in the city. Part of that life includes praying each night, so he can “give thanks to the Lord.”Jim Bowles, 80, lives at Rock Bridge in northern Monroe County. He leads an almost primitive life, drawing water from a well on the rear porch of his generations-old house. A part-time janitor at Joe Harrison Carter Elementary School, Bowles spends his spare time doing what he loves most – fiddling. He learned to fiddle by listening to records and attending state-wide contests. Bowles prefers his life in the country to the life of his counterparts in the city. Part of that life includes praying each night, so he can “give thanks to the Lord.”Jim Bowles, 80, lives at Rock Bridge in northern Monroe County. He leads an almost primitive life, drawing water from a well on the rear porch of his generations-old house. A part-time janitor at Joe Harrison Carter Elementary School, Bowles spends his spare time doing what he loves most – fiddling. He learned to fiddle by listening to records and attending state-wide contests. Bowles prefers his life in the country to the life of his counterparts in the city. Part of that life includes praying each night, so he can “give thanks to the Lord.”
