Evalena Brinkley Rowland (1892-1980)

Evalena Brinkley Rowland

Birth

17 Oct 1892

Coryell County, Texas, USA

Death

14 Feb 1980 (aged 87)

Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA

Burial

Sweetwater Cemetery

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Plot

Block 111

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Evalena Rowland

Sweetwater - Evalena B. Rowland, 87, of Sweetwater, died at 4:45 a.m. Thursday in Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Cate-Spencer Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Sam Calloway, pastor of Longworth Baptist Church, and the Rev. Orvel Brantley, pastor of Lamar Street Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery.

Born Oct. 17, 1892 in Coryell County, she married R. L. Rowland on Aug. 1, 1909 in Oglesby. She was a resident of this area since 1920. She was a Baptist.

Her husband died Jan. 16, 1960.

Survivors include a son, Charles of Anaheim, Calif.; five daughters, Mrs. J. W. Williams of Roby, Mrs. Joe Ross of Seymour, Mrs. Don Kenneally of Sweetwater, Mrs. Albert Neves of Levelland, and Nan Marie Dorsey of Abilene; seven sisters, Lola Clayton, Glenna Sexton and Ina Griffin, all of Sweetwater, Lucy Evans of Abilene, Ruth Butts of Winters, Sybil Stewart of Corsicana and Vela Knight of Clute; seven grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren.

From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Friday, Feb. 15, 1980
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Evalena Brinkley Rowland
in the Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982

Name Evalena Brinkley Rowland [Evalena Brinkley Brinkley]
Gender Female
Race Caucasian (White)
Death Age 87
Birth Date 17 Oct 1892
Birth Place Texas
Residence Place 304-1/2 Bowie, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, USA
Death Date 14 Feb 1980
Death Place Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA
Cause of Death: Cardiac arrest
Father Robert Brinkley
Mother Edna Woffard
Occupation: Housewife
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater Cemetery
Date: 14 Feb 1980
Informant: Mrs. J. W. Williams
Certificate Number 21710
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