Obituaries: Shirley Lou Rowell, 1954, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 24, 1954 Winn Parish Enterprise

Shirley Rowell, 8 Years Old, Is Buried Thursday

Funeral services for little Shirley Lou Rowell, age eight years, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thee Rowell, were held Thursday, January 14 at 3 p.m. at Couley
Double Church Cemetery.

Shirley Lou had rheumatoid arthritis since she was about 18 months old.  She
died Wednesday, January 13, in Schumpert Sanitarium in Shreveport.

Funeral services were held at the Double Church conducted by Sam Wiger, a
traveling representative of Jehovah's Witnesses.  He was assisted by W. R.
Sherrill of Shreveport and Fred Green of Homer.

Burial was under direction of a local funeral home, with pallbearers W. E.
Bufkin, M. C. Smith, A. D. Rowell, J. E. Rowell, Gerald Rowell, and Ray
Gieger.

Shirley was born in Winn Parish August 23, 1945, and has lived at Haughton for
the past two years.  She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thee Rowell;
two sisters, Vida Ann, 6, and Theda Nell, 2; her paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Rowell and maternal grandfather, O. H. Shaw, all of Winn
Parish; 12 uncles and a host of other relatives and friends.