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Submitted: 4/6/12 • Approved: 4/6/12 • Last Updated: 10/7/12 • R672711-G0-S3
Born April 25, 1872, Meigs County, Tennessee.
Died March 2, 1953, Oxford, Izard County, Arkansas.
Son of John Houston Rowden, Sr. & Rachel Safronie Wasson Rowden.
Married (1) Trixie Mable Lovelace
Married (2) Sarah Emmaline Caruthers, July 24, 1898, Fulton County, Arkansas.
Calico Rock Progress, Calico Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 1953:
Oxford Citizen Dies Monday at Age of 80
John Houston Rowden aged 80 died at his home at Oxford Monday morning. He was a native of Tennessee, but had lived at Oxford 43 years. He was a carpenter, farmer and livestock dealer.
Mr. Rowden married Sarah Caruthers of Fulton County who survives. They were the parents of 15 children. The 12 surviving are: Gregory Rowden of Evansville, Ind., Remmell, Dallas and Noble Rowden of Oxford; Bill Rowden of Little Rock; Mrs. Phrona Hamps, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Vesta Campbell, Violet Hill, Ark.; Mrs. Johnie Hames, Franklin, Ark.; Mrs. Bessie Clifft, Wenatchee, Wash.; Mrs. Edna Webb, Greenville, S. C.; Mrs. Marvis Green, Salem, Ark.; and Mrs. Ray Dean Cooper, Richland, Wash. He leaves 32 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are a half-brother, Thad Rowden of Fayetteville and four half-sisters, Mrs. Pearl Largent of West Plains, Mo., Mrs. Willie Jones of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Lucy Weathers of Salem, Ark.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist Church in Oxford by Rev. R. D. Whithurst of Melbourne. Burial was in the Oxford Cemetery.
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Contributed on 4/6/12 by maxparnell
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