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Owen “O.B.” Bowen III, who spent 42 years as an assistant within the Southern Miss football program, died early Sunday. He was 65.
Former Southern Miss athletic director retired Maj. Gen. Jeff Hammond was Bowen's roommate while Hammond was part of the Golden Eagle football team.
"Those who knew him learned lifelong lessons from him," Hammond said Sunday. "The world lost a special type of human being today. Man, this hurts.