Mrs. W. A. Ownbey
(Bessie Beatrice Johnson)
Mrs. W. A. Ownbey, 73, of Cape Girardeau, was born Sept. 8, 1904 at Alliance and died Oct. 15 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was a daughter of the late J. H. and Louella Conrad Johnson.
Mrs. Ownbey taught at University High School in Cape Girardeau; was a special education teacher at Jackson High School and taught at the Missouri State School for Retarded Children. She lived in Cape Girardeau all of her married life and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are: her husband, Professor W. A. Ownbey, Cape Girardeau; a son., William Ownbey, Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Mrs. Jane Hooper and Miss Frances Ownbey of Cape Girardeau; a brother, John Johnson, Syracuse, Neb.; four sisters, Mrs. Flora Dolle, Cape Girardeau, Mrs. Clara Lumpkin, Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. James Morris, Flat River, and Mrs. Norman Myers, Patton; two grandchildren and one step-grandchild.
Services were Oct. 17 at the First Presbyterian Church in Capt Girardeau with the Rev. Dr. Ed Brasington officiating.
Interment was at Memorial Park near Cape Girardeau with Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home in charge.
Daily-Journal
Flat River. St. Francois, Missouri
Monday, October 24, 1977 - Page 2
Mrs. W. A. Ownbey
(Bessie Beatrice Johnson)
Mrs. W. A. Ownbey, 73, of Cape Girardeau, was born Sept. 8, 1904 at Alliance and died Oct. 15 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was a daughter of the late J. H. and Louella Conrad Johnson.
Mrs. Ownbey taught at University High School in Cape Girardeau; was a special education teacher at Jackson High School and taught at the Missouri State School for Retarded Children. She lived in Cape Girardeau all of her married life and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are: her husband, Professor W. A. Ownbey, Cape Girardeau; a son., William Ownbey, Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Mrs. Jane Hooper and Miss Frances Ownbey of Cape Girardeau; a brother, John Johnson, Syracuse, Neb.; four sisters, Mrs. Flora Dolle, Cape Girardeau, Mrs. Clara Lumpkin, Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. James Morris, Flat River, and Mrs. Norman Myers, Patton; two grandchildren and one step-grandchild.
Services were Oct. 17 at the First Presbyterian Church in Capt Girardeau with the Rev. Dr. Ed Brasington officiating.
Interment was at Memorial Park near Cape Girardeau with Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home in charge.
Daily-Journal
Flat River. St. Francois, Missouri
Monday, October 24, 1977 - Page 2
Family Members
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Anthony Clarence "Tony" Johnson
1888–1968
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Albert Oscar Johnson
1889–1971
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Charles Monroe Johnson
1892–1960
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Irl Osborne Johnson
1894–1972
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Clara Emma Johnson Lumpkin
1895–2000
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Maude Etheleen Johnson Huffman
1896–1945
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Ora Ethel Johnson Morris
1898–1926
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Flora Mae Johnson Dolle
1900–1992
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Jessie Pearl Johnson Lumpkin
1902–1974
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John Marion Johnson
1906–1987
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Metta Ellen Johnson Myers
1909–1995
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Mary Jane Johnson Morris
1913–2001
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