Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....McGowen, Elizabeth Vinton May 31, 1991 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 February 26, 2006, 4:27 am The Brunswick News; Friday 7 June 1991; pg. 3A col. 4 ELIZABETH McGOWEN FUNERAL SATURDAY The funeral for Elizabeth Vinton McGowen, 73, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Fernandina Beach with burial in Bosque Belle Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. J.J. James will officiate. Pallbearers will be members of Ocean Front Lodge, No. 1410. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons and trustees of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church. The body will be placed in the church an hour before services. Mrs. McGowen died May 31 in Nassau General Hospital of Fernandina Beach. She is survived by her husband, Elliott “Tex” McGowen; three sons, Willie Jerome McGowen, Thomas Eugene McGowen and Jackie Lemon McGowen, all of Fernandina; four daughters, Dollie Mae Watkins, Janice E. Edmonds, Patricia Thompson and Paula Olethia Russell; a sister, Clara H. Thomas of Jacksonville, Fla.; 35 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. A native of Glynn County, Mrs. McGowen was a member of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church and the NAACP. Hall and Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at www.glynngen.com or the sister site at www.rootsweb.com/~gaglynn/ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/m/mcgowen3875gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb