Obituaries:  Mrs. N. C. McGowen, Sabine Parish       M-250
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 13, 1962
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. N. C. McGowen

  Shreveport, La. (Special)

  Requiem mass for Mrs. N. C. McGowen, prominent Shreveport woman,
who died unexpectedly at the family residence at 7 a.m.,
Thursday, following a heart attack, were held at 10 a.m.,
Saturday, at St. John's Catholic Church here.

  Mrs. McGowen, a lifelong resident of Shreveport, was the wife of
N. C. McGowen, chairman of the board of United Gas Corp. They
were married Dec. 12, 1917.

  Officiating at the mass was Father James I. McEnaney, S. J.,
assistant pastor of St. John's Catholic Church. Burial was in
Forest Park Cemetery here, under the direction of Osborn Funeral
Home. A rosary was said at the Osborn Funeral Home Chapel at 7:30
p.m., Friday, by Father J. J. McCarthy, S. J., pastor of St.
John's Catholic Church.

  Mrs. McGowen was born on Aug. 2, 1888. Her parents were the late
Mr. Charles E. Quigles, and the late Mrs. Barbara G. Harkey. Mrs.
McGowen received her early education at St. Vincent's Academy
here, and later attended Loretta Academy at St. Louis, Mo.

  She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, and was active
in the Altar Society, and St. Raphael's Guild. She was a member
of the Women's Department Club of Shreveport. In addition to her
husband, Mrs. McGowen is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Claude G.
Rives III; and son, Norris C. McGowen Jr., both of Shreveport;
four grandchildren, Claude G. Rives IV, N. C. McGowen III, Robert
Miles McGowen, and Jean McGowen; and a sister, Miss Barbara
Quigles, also of Shreveport.