Facts: - imagesize: 300px - death place: junction , texas -lrb- usa -rrb- - residence: houston , texas -lrb- usa -rrb- - caption: '' firearms instructor , historian , and old west artisan . ' '' ' celebrated sharpshooter , hollywood consultant , fbi/swat - death date: 29 june 2009 - spouse: betty 1968 , divorced -rrb- -lrb- fruge ' -rrb- bowman -lrb- 1954 -- - children: '' ' mark m bowman ii '' ' - birth date: 12 april 1925 - name: joe bowman '' the straight shooter '' - nationality: american - image: joe bowman full body program shot.jpg - birth place: johnson city , tennessee -lrb- usa -rrb- - occupation: bootmaker , marksman , western entertainer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joe bowman -lrb- marksman -rrb- .
joe bowman , born joseph lee bowman -lrb- april 12 , 1925 -- june 29 , 2009 -rrb- , was a houston bootmaker and marksman called '' the straight shooter '' , considered to have been a guardian of texas and western frontier culture .shortly after his death , bowman was inducted posthumously into the texas heroes hall of honor at the frontier times museum in bandera .