OBITUARY

Mrs. McDowell, County Resident 57 Years, Dies

Mrs. J. G. McDowell, 87, a Dallas County resident for fifty-seven years, died Monday at her home, 4912 Terry.

A native of Fairplay, Mo, Mrs. McDowell came to Dallas County in 1892 with her husband, a farmer. The couple moved to Dallas from their home near Farmers Branch when he retired thirty years ago. He died thirteen years ago.

Mrs. McDowell had been a member of the Farmers Branch  Baptist Church since 1907.

Surviving are three sons, V. H. McDowell, T. R. McDowell and J. L. McDowell, all of Dallas; three daughters, Mrs. W. P. Echols of Farmers Branch and Mrs. Mabel Sparkman and Mrs. Opal Murray, both of Dallas; fourteen grandchildren and twenty-six great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Weiland-Merritt Funeral Chapel, 2909 Live Oak. The Rev. John G. Moore will officiate. Burial will be in Farmers Branch Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Mrs. McDowell's grandsons, Lee Wann, Aubrey Thorn, G. B. Chambers, Hewlet Craven, Henry Stellings and Tommy Sprinkle.

Dallas Morning News
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Keenan Cemetery, Farmers Branch, Dallas Co., Texas