Obituary of Louise Tilley Rowan, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: August 27, 2004



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Obituary:  Louise Tilley Rowan
March 8, 2004

Services for Louise Tilley Rowan, age 95, of Columbia will be
held at 10 a.m., Monday, March 8, 2004 from the chapel of Riser
Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Pamela Roy officiating. Interment 
will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.
    
Mrs. Rowan was born in Jacksonville, Texas on October 11, 1908 to the 
union of Emmett and Ammye Tilley and died Saturday, March 6, 2004 at the 
Haven Nursing Center in Columbia.
     
She grew up in Jacksonville, Texas where her father was a
Railroad conductor for the Texas & Pacific Railroad.  She attended
The University of Arizona and the University of Texas in Austin. On
June 21, 1931 she married Charles Samuel Rowan of Mineola, Texas.   She 
moved from Little Rock, Arkansas in 1948 to Caldwell Parish, where she 
resided for the past 56 years.  She was retired from the Columbia Heights 
Hospital and a former Blue Cross Insurance agent.  She was a member of the 
First United Methodist Church in Columbia for over 50 years.
    
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband:
Charles Samuel Rowan.
    
Survivors include her son: Charles E. Rowan of West Monroe,
two brothers and sisters-in-law: Gene and Lucille Tilley of Dallas,
Texas and Edward and Amelia Tilley of Texas City, Texas and
numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
    
Pallbearers will be Bill Reitzammer, Mike Canter, Robert Stewart,
Phillip Wilkins, Dr. E.D. Coates and Blake Adams, Jr.
    
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church
Building Fund.
    
Visitation will be Sunday from 4 p.m until 6 p.m. and Monday from
8 a.m. until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165,
Columbia.