Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona)
Friday, Nov. 2, 1945 p. 1
Mr. Gamewell Is Summoned
Auto Court Operator Died at Home Sunday
L. Bugg Gamewell, prominent Wickenburg resident and proprietor of the Gamewell Auto Court, passed away at his home at 10: 30 o'clock Sunday evening, October 28. He had been in failing health for some time.
Born in Lebanon, Tenn., on March 16, 1869, Mr. Gamewell moved to Texas at an early age and spent the greater part of his life in that state. In 1939 he carne to Wickenburg and established the auto court, which he and Mrs. Gamewell have operated continuously since that time.
Veteran Surveyor
For many years Mr. Gamewell was surveyor for Freestone County, Texas, and in connection with that work saw much of the excitement of the east Texas early oil days. He was the surveyor all through the Mexia and Kilgore oil strikes and could recount endless stories of the old west in that part of the country.
Mr. Gamewell is survived by his, wife, Mattie J. Howell Gamewell; one son, James, of the United States Navy; four daughters, Mrs. W. V. Mowlam of Corsicana, Tex., Mrs. Julian Baggett of Teague, Tex., and Miss Margaret Gamewell and Mrs. Alfred Collins of Dallas, Tex.; one sister, Mrs. Bell McCrory of Corsicana; one brother, T. M. Gamewell of Corsicana; two half-brothers, Jamie Gamewell of Handly, Tex., and Ray Gamewell of Luling, Tex.; one half-sister, Fay Gamewell of Los Angeles; and three grandchidren, Dorothy Baggett of Waco, Tex., and William and Torn Mowlam of Corsicana.
Funeral Thursday
Other members of the immediate family who attended the funeral Thursday afternoon included Mrs. Lucille Storns and granddaughter, Nancy Hopkins, of Wickenburg; Mr. and Mrs. Grady Howell and son Billy of Phoenix; Mrs. Frances Martin, Mrs. Merle Rackin and Leslie Howell of Los Angeles.
Mr. Gamewell was a member of the Presbyterian church and, while his health permitted, was active in the Round-Up Club of Wickenburg.
Funeral services were held from Coffinger Funeral Home with the Rev. Ross Cleeland officiating. Burial was in the Wickenburg cemetery.