Biography of Laura Louise McDaniel Bowen, St Francis County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V Isbell Date: 19 Nov 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** DAUGHTER OF LOUIS AND MONTINE (KIRKPATRICK) McDANIEL- The former Laura Louise McDaniel, better known as "Doots", is one of the most prominent women of St. Francis County, having done much in many fields of endeavor for her home community. Mrs. Bowen graduated from Forrest City High School, attended Stephens College, and then was graduated from the Univ. of Arkansas. On Aug. 15, 1939, she married John Canada Bowen, of Senatobia, Miss., who now operates the St. Francis Motor Company, and has farming and cattle interests in the county. They have three children. She took over her father's business interests when he became ill, and died in 1945, until her husband returned from World War II. SOURCE: HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher -Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas