Obituary of Lula Rowland, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 10 Dec 2008
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ROWLAND, MRS LULA FERGUSON
12/26/1887-12/1972
FPARK Cemetery-FAIRVIEW Section-Image 4747

Mrs. Lula Rowland, 84, died shortly before 10 o'clock Wednesday night at the
Boone County Hospital at Harrison, where she had been a patient for about a
week. Mrs. Rowland had been in very poor health for the past several years. A
native of St. Francis County, she was born here December 26, 1887, and was the
daughter of Elizabeth Ann Ligon Ferguson and William Carroll Ferguson. Mrs.
Rowland had spent her life here in and around Forrest City. She had resided in
Harrison with her daughter for the past three years. She was a member of the
First United Methodist Church here. Her husband Tom J. Rowland, who she married
in 1908 preceeded her in death in 1953. Funeral services by Rev. Bryon McSpadden
and Dr. Earl Hughes will be held at Stevens Funeral Home at 2 p. m. Saturday.
Burial will follow in Forrest Park Cemetery. Survivors include one son, Tom J.
Rowland of Idaho; four daughters, Miss Virginia Rowland, Mrs. Joe Miller both of
Harrison, Mrs. Louis Jones and Mrs. Heber Hughes, both of Forrest City; one
brother, Joe E. Ferguson Sr. of Forrest City; one sister, Mrs. M W. Francis of
Forrest city, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Copyright With Permission: Forrest City Times Newspaper
Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas