Lillian Bowles: What Happened To Rocky Johnson's Mother?

Posted by Carisa Kissane on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Lillian Bowles is the mother of Wayde Douglas Bowles, also known as Rocky Johnson, and the grandmother of Rocky’s son actor and former WWE wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Lillian’s late son Rocky Johnson was a Canadian professional wrestler known for winning several National Wrestling Alliance titles.

Lillian Bowles: Bio Summary

NameLillian Bowles
Date of birth29 July 1918
Died8 May 1996 (aged 77)
GenderFemale
Famous asmother of Rocky Johnson
BirthplaceAmherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
SpouseJames Henry Bowles
ChildrenRocky Johnson
ParentsAlfred Nathan Gay and Isabella Maude May Gay
NationalityCanadian

Lillian Bowles was born on 29 July 1918, in Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is the daughter of Alfred Nathan Gay and Isabella Maude May (Sickles) Gay. She isn’t the only child of her parents, she grew up with siblings. Her siblings are Stanley A Gay and Howard E Gay.

There isn’t much information about Lillian Bowles’ formative years. How her childhood went is unknown. Her educational experience is also not known. She lived a very confidential life away from publicity. What she did for a living has been masked from the public domain.

Lillian Bowles was married to James Henry Bowles (1888–1957). Lillian and James gave birth to five sons. On August 24, 1944, they welcomed a son who they named Wayde Douglas Bowles. Wayde was born and raised in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Wayde Douglas Bowles moved to Toronto when he was 16 years old. He operated as a truck driver, and trained to be a boxer but loved wrestling. In 1964, he started wrestling professionally in Southern Ontario. He then changed his name to Rocky Johnson.

In the 1970s, Rocky Johnson became a top contender in the National Wrestling Alliance. He will go on to become the first Black Georgia Heavyweight Champion as well as the NWA Television Champion. He and his Tag Team partner Tony Atlas won the World Tag Team Championship in 1983.

The duo becomes the first black champions in WWE history. However, in 1991, he retired. He and Pat Patterson decided to train his son Dwayne Douglas Johnson, known by his ring name the Rock to wrestle. The Rock became one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.

What Happened To Rocky Johnson’s Mother?

Rocky Johnson’s mother Lillian Bowles died on 8 May 1996, in Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died at age 77 years. Lillian’s husband James Henry Bowles died on 29 December 1957, at age 69 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Lillian Bowles’ son Rocky Johnson died on January 15, 2020, in Lutz, Florida, U.S., at age 75. He died of a pulmonary embolism, caused by a blood clot that traveled from a deep vein thrombosis in his leg. He died in the house his son bought for him in Lutz, Florida.

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