Coosa County AlArchives Obituaries.....McEwen, William Powwell 
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Ronald Bridges bridgesrd@knology.net October 1998


"MR. BILL McEWEN DIED AT HOME LAST WEDNES.

    Mr. William Powell McEwen, age 74 died at home at Hanover Wednesday 
morning after a long illness. 
    Mr. McEwen was member of the well known pioneer McEwen and Sears 
families of Coosa County, his parents coming here in 1849.  
    Funeral services were held from Sears Chapel Methodist Church Thursday 
morning with Rev. S. U. Lemmond, Rev. Paul Gblireath, and Rev. J. M. Banner 
officiating and Weston Gillum of the Service Funeral Home in charge of 
arrangements. He was buried in the adjoining cemetery with Masonic honors.
    He survived by ten children: James of Wallsboro: George and Stewart of 
Sylacauga; Tera of near Rockford; John of Hanover; Vernie of Wetumpka; Pat 
of Oklahoma; Mrs. J. H. Holman of Sylacauga; Mrs. Z. J. Ray of Nevada; Mrs. 
C. R. Nails of Goodwater; his widow, Mrs. Lucy Adams McEwen; four sisters 
Mrs. S. M. Adams of Rockford; Mrs. Emma Miller of Rockford; Mrs. Lucy King 
of Arkansas; and Mrs. Sula Dobson of Sylacauga; and two brothers, J. T. and 
J. K. McEwen of Rockford." (1)

(1) The Rockford Chronicle, 12 Apr 1934, p. 1. Printed in Rockford, Coosa 
Co., AL. Microfilm: Located in the Alabama Archives and History, Montgomery, 
AL.

Additional Coments:

William Powell McEwen (b. 8 Apr 1860 in Coosa Co., AL & d. 4 Apr 1934 
in Hanover, Coosa Co., AL) married Martha Georgiana Adams (b. 20 Nov 1862 
in ? & d. 1 Aug 1935 in Coosa Co., AL) on 24 Dec 1882 in Coosa Co., AL.  
They are both buried in Sears Chapel Cemetery, Coosa Co., AL.  Researched 
by his Great-Grandnephew on 18 Mar 1998.

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