Pontotoc Co. OK - OBIT:  William Douglas Lowden

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GOOD MAN GONE TO REWARD
W.D. Lowden Dies Very Suddenly of Heart Failure- The Entire County Mourns
the Loss of a Noble Man.
August 23, 1907 Ada Weekly Democrat

William D. Lowden sat in his North Ada home Sunday morning cheerful and
chatting with his family, apparently normal save for a pain in his chest, of
which he has complained at times this summer. A recurrence of this pain
caused Mrs. Lowden sufficient anxiety that she phoned over for the family
physician who gave him a dose of mild medicine, remarking jocularly that if
that did not kill him soon he would give him another. Those words so lightly
spoken in mere pleasantry...It was with a shudder that they were recalled a
few minutes later, for in less than twenty minutes Mr. Lowden was dead.

Tuning sick, he went to the rear yard to vomit. Directly afterward, there
was a sound of a fall. His little child went out to the back porch, and it's
scream gave the alarm to the rest of the household. They found Mr. Lowden
prostrate on the porch. His heart had stopped and he breathed but two or
three more times. The fatal seizure is pronounced paralysis of the heart. No
one, not even himself, had suspected he was affected with any serious
malady.

The tragic death occurred at 11:03 a.m. Quickly the sad news spread
throughout the city. It was a great shock to the entire community. The whole
country mourns W.D. Lowden's untimely death. This is evidenced by the
numerous friends from the surounding coutry in to pay their last respects to
the dead, by the general closing up of business houses for the funeral this
afternoon at three, by the vast cortege that followed the body to its last
resting place in Rosedale cemetery. Interment was with Masonic honors,
services conducted by Judge Henry Furman.

Than W. D. Lowden, it may safely be said, there lived no better, no more
popular man in Pontotoc county. Forty-eight years of age, he had lived in
this country since early manhood, and wherever he lived he was loved.
Latterly he has been engaged in mercantile business in Ada. In the
democratic primary last June he was nominated district clerk.

W.D. Lowden was a citizen of the finer sort a sagacious, fair-dealing
business man, a Christian who lived up to his creed every day. Just last
Saturday while he was mingling with friends a she had done for years,
arranging his business so as to go away on a week's vacation, he encountered
an old friend and pleaded with him to mend his ways and take Christ into his
life. Ther are few of God's people who look after men's souls on Saturday,
but W.D. Lowden did.



Submitted by Sheryl Haggard