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Chellis Rowell

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Chellis Rowell

Birth
Jasper County, Mississippi, USA
Death
10 Aug 1952 (aged 56)
Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Chellis was the son of Albert J. ROWELL & Susie Annie SMITH.

OBITUARY: Meridian Star, Meridian MS, 11 Aug 1952
Headline: Death Comes to Rail Shops Aide
Funeral services will be held Monday at 4 p.m. at Stephens for Chellis Rowell, 57, for 34 years as store room department executive of the Meridian Southern Railway shops, who died at Riley's hospital Sunday at 4 a.m. He had been ill several months.
The Revs. Ed Grayson and Estus Mason, Baptist ministers, will officiate. Burial will follow in Oak Grove cemetery.
Mr. Rowell is survived by three sisters, Miss Kate Rowell, Quitman; Mesdames Wilma R. Mixon, Norfolk, Va., and Estella Melvin, Poplarville; eight brothers, Marvin and Isadore, Meridian; Walter, Columbus, Ga.; Grover, Carriere, Miss.; W.A. Poplarville; M/Sgt. John, Fort Jackson, S.C.; Jack, Jackson, and M/Sgt. Grady Rowell, Fort Benning, Ga.
Chellis was the son of Albert J. ROWELL & Susie Annie SMITH.

OBITUARY: Meridian Star, Meridian MS, 11 Aug 1952
Headline: Death Comes to Rail Shops Aide
Funeral services will be held Monday at 4 p.m. at Stephens for Chellis Rowell, 57, for 34 years as store room department executive of the Meridian Southern Railway shops, who died at Riley's hospital Sunday at 4 a.m. He had been ill several months.
The Revs. Ed Grayson and Estus Mason, Baptist ministers, will officiate. Burial will follow in Oak Grove cemetery.
Mr. Rowell is survived by three sisters, Miss Kate Rowell, Quitman; Mesdames Wilma R. Mixon, Norfolk, Va., and Estella Melvin, Poplarville; eight brothers, Marvin and Isadore, Meridian; Walter, Columbus, Ga.; Grover, Carriere, Miss.; W.A. Poplarville; M/Sgt. John, Fort Jackson, S.C.; Jack, Jackson, and M/Sgt. Grady Rowell, Fort Benning, Ga.


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  • Created by: Doug McBroom
  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40601987/chellis-rowell: accessed ), memorial page for Chellis Rowell (7 Aug 1896–10 Aug 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40601987, citing Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Doug McBroom (contributor 46954190).