R. L. Bowman
Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Robert L. Bowman, Bank Cor Market, Petersburg VA (1888-1913)
  Robert L. Bowman, 140 W. Bank Cor Market, Petersburg VA (1915-1922)
  Bowman's Pharmacy, 140 W. Bank Cor Market, Petersburg VA (1925-1929)
Notes:
Robert Lee Bowman (1867-1924)2
was listed as a clerk at
William F. Spotswood's
drugstore in the 1886 Petersburg city directory.
Starting in the 1888 directory, he was listed as owning his own drug
store.1
Robert's younger brother,
Edwin Rudolph Bowman (1869-1935)3
also had a drugstore in Petersburg for a short time. It shows up at
the address 403 Lombard Street in the 1893 directory, and at 31 South
Sycamore Street in the 1893 & 1895 directories.
Besides owning a drugstore, Robert is also listed as the owner of the
manager of the Bowman Advertising Company in the 1920s.1
After Bowman passed away, Mr. C. Powell Lum purchased the store
from Robert's widow.4
I don't know if he was related to the
Lum Brothers who also had a Petersburg drugstore.