(Submitted by Mike Pruitt on 16 May 2006)

Mexia Daily News Obituary Notice dated July 21, 1977:
[Death date: Jul 20, 1977]

Mrs. Rubye "Jewell" (McDowell) Ware

Mrs. Rubye "Jewell" (McDowell) Ware, 68, of Lufkin died early this morning in a
Lufkin Hospital. Mrs. Ware was born on June 8, 1911 in Nelda, Ok. She was a
surgical nurse and a member of the Angelina College of Vocational Nurses and
the Texas League of Vocational Nurses. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist
Church in Lufkin. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the
Gipson Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with Dr. Herman Hendrick officiating. The
body will lie in state at Blair-Stubbs in Mexia from two to three p.m. at which
time graveside services will be held at Mexia Cemetery. Blair-Stubbs Funeral
Home is handling local arrangements. Mrs. Ware is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Peggy Ware Thomas of Waco; three sons, Charles R. Ware, Lufkin, Peyton
Ware, Allen, Stanley G. Ware, Wichita Falls; two brothers, Ed McDowell,
Abilene, Roy L. McDowell, Waco; three sisters, Mrs. E.S. McRoberts, Shreveport,
La, Mrs. H.B. Hatcher, Mexia, Mrs. R.C. McDonnell Sr., Orange; 11 grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.