Funeral services for Julia Dee Sowell, pioneer Hereford resident, were held Tuesday at 3 o'clock at the First Christian church. Rev. Roy Ford, Rev. Don Roots and Rev. Russell Wingert were in charge of the rites.

Interment was in West Park cemetery under the direction of Gililland Funeral home. The Rebekah lodge held graveside rites.

Mrs. Sowell died at the Deaf Smith County Hospital on Sunday morning, April 12, following a lengthy illness.

Born Julia Dee Barrett on October 14, 1881 in Pilot Grove, Texas, she married J.R. Sowell in 1899. They came to Deaf Smith County in 1918 from Runnels County, Tex.

Mrs. Sowell was a member of the First Christian Church and was active in the Rebekah Lodge and Home Demonstration work.

Pall bearers were: David Sowell, Pat Sassen, Martin Reed Moore, Charles Frye, Gene Moore and Ivan Block.

Survivors include: six sons, William J. Sowell, P.B. Sowell, J.B. Sowell and Charles Sowell of Hereford; Edgar Sowell of Lordsburn, N.M. and M.O. Sowell of San Antonio; two daughters, Mrs. Pearl Singleterry of Texico, N.M. and Mrs. Troy Moore of Hereford, 16 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Luther Todd of Ryan, Okla.

(Published in The Hereford Brand, 53rd Year-Number 16, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, April 16, 1953, Page 1)
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Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Julia Barrett
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1900
Marriage Place: Grayson, Texas, United States
Spouse: J. R. Sowell
FHL Film Number: 1290418

Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Julia Dee Sowell
Death Date: 12 Apr 1953
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 18471

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Julia Dee Sowell
[Julia Dee Barrett]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 71
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1881
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 12 Apr 1953
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: J H Barrett