Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....DOWELL, Raymond Thomas "R.T." February 9, 1973
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Breckinridge County Herald-News, Hardinsburg, Ky., February 18, 1973
OBITUARY
R.T. DOWELL SUCCUMBS; WAS PROMINENT MORTICIAN
     Raymond Thomas DOWELL, Hardinsburg funeral director, died at the 
Breckinridge Memorial Hospital on February 9, 1973, after a lengthy illness.  His 
death occurred one day before his 87th birthday.
     He had served as funeral director and owner of the R.T. DOWELL Funeral Home 
in Hardinsburg since 1910.  He retired from active participation in the business 
on January 1, 1973, after selling his interests to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. TRENT.
     Affectionately known as "R.T.", Mr. DOWELL began his business career in 
1902, when as a lad of 16, he went to work as a clerk in the T.A. Gray Store in 
Garfield.  From there he moved to the G.D. Shellman Store in Hardinsburg, and was 
later employed by the B. F. BEARD Company (Undertaker) in Hardinsburg.
     He was a deacon of the Hardinsburg Baptist Church, charter member of the 
Hardinsburg Rotary Club, a former city clerk of Hardinsburg, and a Mason.  He 
maintained a life-long interest in agriculture, and owned several farms in the 
county.
     He was married to the former Carrie WALLS, who survives.  Other survivors 
include:
one sister: Mrs. Verdie BROWN of Garfield, Ky (Breckinridge County)
one nephew:
Alton BROWN of Garfield, Ky
two nieces:
Mrs. Emma Lee BOARD of Louisville, Ky (Jefferson County)
Mrs. Louise WITHERS of Radcliff, Ky (Hardin County)
He was the son of the late William T. DOWELL and Alsie WOODS DOWELL, and was born 
near Garfield on February 10, 1886.
     Funeral Services were held on Sunday, February 11, 1973 from the Hardinsburg 
Baptist Church, conducted by the pastor, the Reverend Raymond W. Farrar, assisted 
by the Reverend K. A. Loy, pastor of the Hardinsburg United Methodist Church, and 
Reverend Arnold Meiring, pastor of the St. Romuald Catholic Church.  Interment 
was in the Ivy Hill Cemetery, Hardinsburg.

NOTE: I found his obituary on the Find-A-Grave.com website, through Ancestry.com.

Additional Comments:
#0186 New Ivy Hill Cemetery #1, Hardinsburg, Ky in Breckinridge County.
Raymond Thomas Dowell and his wife, Carrie Lou WALLS DOWELL, share a double
tombstone:

DOWELL, Raymond Thomas "R.T."  10 Feb 1886 -- 09 Feb 1973
husband of Carrie Lou WALLS
son of William Thomas DOWELL & Alice F. "Alsie" WOODS
have his obituary    he has a tombstone

DOWELL, Carrie Lou  08 Feb 1891 -- 27 Apr 1975
wife of Raymond Thomas "R.T." DOWELL
daughter of Lee WALLS & Mary D. LYONS
have her obituary    she has a tombstone

R.T. DOWELL'S parents are buried in Hensley-Dowell Cemetery, near Garfield.
Peggy Russell

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