Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rowe, Mary E. Williams, 1923 

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MRS. JAMES ELLIOTT ROWE 

  Mrs. Mary Eugenia Rowe, an aged and estimable lady of the Sebrell community, 
died on December 2, 1923, in her seventy-eighth year, being mercifully granted 
by an all-wise Providence her request that she might soon follow to the Great 
Beyond the soul of her husband who preceded her by only twelve days. 

  Mrs. Rowe was the youngest of a family of ten children of the late Nicholas 
and Mary Williams of this county, her death leaving only one survivor, a 
brother, H.K. Williams of the Berlin community.  She was married to James 
Elliott Rowe January 16, 1872, and their wedded life, which was an unusually 
felicitous one, had passed their fiftieth anniversary which event was happily 
celebrated last year with their children, grandchildren and other relatives. 
Mr. and Mrs. Rowe joined Trinity M.E. Church when both were quite young and 
had been loyal communicants, always attendant upon its services, faithful to 
its precepts and living in their community lives of useful neighborliness, 
inspiring and helping others by the example of a home founded on Christian 
principles and graced by those sterling qualities which make for righteousness 
in daily living. 

  To this union were born ten children, of whom seven are living: J.N. Rowe of 
Petersburg, J.T. Rowe of Sebrell, C.H. Rowe, Mrs. G.C. Kirkland, Mrs. J.W. 
Whitehead, Mrs. G.L. Bryant and Mrs. R.N. Wells, all of Courtland and 
community. 

  Funeral services were conducted from the home on Tuesday afternoon at 3 
o'clock by Rev. H.L. Weston, pastor of Trinity Church, assisted by Dr. J.D. 
McAllister of the Franklin M.E. Church.  Mrs. Rowe's favorite hymn, "The Haven 
of Rest," was sung by Mrs. Nettie Howell, Mrs. Ida Williams, Mrs. A.E. Briggs, 
O.E. Parker, O.M. Joyner and Crawford Wade.  Interment was made in the family 
burying ground by the side of her beloved husband.  The pallbearers were: 
Emmett R. Davis, J. Carlton Kirkland, William Wells, C.C. Howell, W.L. 
Whitehead, Willie Whitehead, E.C. Felts and Burwell Boothe. 


Mary Eugenia (WILLIAMS; Mrs. James E.) ROWE, 
b. 15 Oct 1845, Southampton Co., d. 2 Dec 1923, Southampton Co., 
interred in the ROWE family cemetery*, off River Rd., 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA),  Vol. 19, No. 8, Fri., Dec. 7, 1923, p. 1 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #128428942, by Janet 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-14): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Janet - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #128428942. 

D.Cert. 30289 (Jerusalem #49) 

Her husband was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. D, 
   3rd VA Infantry.  Her brother Henry Kinchen WILLIAMS (1840 - 1931) served 
   in the same unit. 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 30, 1923, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r000j1ob.txt 


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