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J. 1 FORT WORTH STAR- TELEGRAM Wednesday Evening, September 12, 1956 SIXTEEN Dr. Ellis M. Sowell, TCU Finance Consultant, Dies Dr. Ellis M.

Sowell, 54. former dean of Texas Christian University's School of Business, was found dead in his home, Odessa, early Wednesday. He had been dead since Monday night, Peace Justice Callaway said after an inquest which brought the verdict of death from natural causes. A heart attack was indicated but Callaway said he would confer with Dr. physician before making a definite decision.

Dr. Sowell, who has been distinguished professor of finance in TCU's Fort Worth National Bank chair of finance since last fall, was alone at the time of death. His wife and son, Ellis M. Sowell have been in Durham, N. where young Sowell attended college last year.

He and his mother were getting his belongings ready for shipment to Fort Worth, where he plans to attend TCU this fall. The body was discovered by of Business Dean Ike K. Harrison and Dr. Henry Key, a professor in the school, when they went to the home to investigate why Dr. Sowell had not been seen since Monday.

Unable to get a response to their knocks and calls, Dean Harrison and Dr. Key forced entry. They found Dr. Sowell lying on the kitchen floor, apparently where he had fallen while endeavoring to get a drink of water. Dr.

Sowell helped organize the School of Business and became its dean in 1944. He resigned in 1953 to become financial consultant with a firm in New York. He returned here in 1955. becoming finance professor. Last May, he was appointed consultant on TCU investments.

Dr. Sowell was born at Chireno, received his bachelor of science degree from Stephen F. Austin College and his master's and doctor's degrees from the University of Texas. He was a certified public accountant. Dr.

Sowell was a member of University Christian Church, American Institute of Accountants. American Accounting Society and the Texas Society of Public Accountants. Gause-Ware Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for services. J. EMMETT LOWE.

Emmett Lowe, 76, a Fort Worth resident for more than 50 years before moving to Dallas years ago, died Wednesday morning at his residence. He made his home with a son, Lowe, Lowe was a pharmacist for 12 years with Harris Hospital. His Fort Worth address was 1312 S. Henderson. The survivors include two grandchildren in Dallas and a sister, Mrs.

Lula France of Albany, Cal. CLAUDE R. STEGALL. Claude R. Stegall, 65, a retired theater stage hand and stage manager, died early Wednesday at a hospital.

He was with the Majestic Theater here for 43 years and later worked for the Hollywood and Worth Theaters. was born in Honey Grove and had lived here for 50 years. He was a member of Woodmen of the World. Survivors include his wife: a Mrs. Ina Irby of Nashville, and a brother, T.

T. Stegall of Fort Worth. The body is at Shannon's, MRS. J. E.

HOLT. Mrs. J. E. Holt.

70, of 3303 Ryan, died Tuesday afternoon in a hospital here. Friends said she suffered a heart attack at home. Mrs. Holt had lived here for about 30 years. Her husband, an accountant with the Fort Worth and Denver Railway, died about 10 years ago.

Survivors include a nephew in Tulsa. Funeral services were scheduled at 2 p. m. Wednesday in Crowder Brooks Chapel, with Rev. Oran Stephens officiating and burial in Laurel Land.

MRS. SAM K. LEWIS. Funeral services for Mrs. Sam K.

Lewis, 81, of 3025 Hemphill, who died Tuesday in a hospital, were scheduled for 1 p. m. Wednesday in Robertson MuellerHarper Chapel, with graveside services at 4:30 p. m. in Scrutchfield Cemetery near Valley Mills.

Survivors include three sons. T. B. of Gilmer, George M. of Chicago and A.

J. Lewis of San Antonio; three daughters, Mmes. Luther P. Raley of Valley Mills. James G.

Allen of Austin and Robert F. Scott of Shreveport; five sisters, Mmes. Cliff Kimbrough and Fred Warrington of Valley Mills, Sleet Dorman of Greenock, Neal Hanna of China Spring and Willie Marks of Waco: two brothers, G. D. Barrett of Waco and Sam Crump of China Spring; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

MRS. MATTIE MeSWEENEY. Mrs. Mattie McSweeney, 67. who her died Tuesday in home at 4448 Tallman, will be buried in Laurel Land after funeral services at 10 a.

m. Thursday in Gause-Ware Memorial Chapel. J. W. FARRIS.

J. W. Farris, 77, of Galveston, wh. died in a hospital there Tuesday, will be buried in Lockhart after funeral services at 2 m. Thursday in the McCurdy Chapel in Lockhart.

Survivors include four daughters. Mmes. Thelma Ferrick of 1026 Woodland and Vera Yancey of 4233 Winfield Viola Minnis of Dayton and Myra Dillard 01 Galveston: two sons, Otha and Bruce Farris of Galveston; a brother, M. G. Farris of Fort Worth: four sisters, Mmes.

STOP CUSSING, AIRMEN TOLD STURGATE, England, Sept. 11 (Reuter's). Airmen at a U.S. Air Force base here have been told to watch their language in public if they don't want the British to "haul in the welcome official "Stop Cussing, Joe' appeal appeared in the camp newspaper. "Color is fine for your new automobile, the wife's summer bonnet, and the silks of your favorite it said.

"But blue language, especially in places where servicemen rub elbows with civilians, is as wrong as wearing a derby hat with women's Emma Hutchison and Annie Jollie of Lockhart and Mary Price and Paulina Polly of Robstown; 15 grandchildren and four great -grandchildren. MISS MAUDE LOWRY. Funeral services for Miss Maude Barfield Lowry, 80, who died Tuesday morning in her apartment at 1617 Forest Park were set for 3 p. m. Wednesday at Harvesou Cole Chapel.

with Rev. C. Michael Warr officiating and burial in Greenwood. MRS. MARY bRAY.

Funeral services were being arranged Wednesday for Mrs. Mary McGough Bray, 90. of 6313 W. Vickery who died in a hospital Tuesday. Mrs.

Bray was born in Pittsview, and had lived for 12 years with her laughter, Mrs. H. McGurk. She was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church. Survivors also include a son, Hugh M.

Bray of Columbia, S. three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. JOHN P. HARDGROVE. Funeral services for John Paul Hardgrove, 68, who died Tuesin a hospital, will be held at 2 p.

m. Thursday in Harveson Cole Chapel, with burial in Oak Grove. A retired gardener, Hardgrove made his home with cousins, Mr. and Mrs. R.

H. Hardgrove of 604 Page. He was a Baptist. Survivors also include a stepson, Nor vell Geer of Fort Worth, a nephew and three nieces. Joyce Ann Goode, 11, Former San Angelo Resident, Dies Joyce Ann Goode, 11, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Hubert M. Goode of 1116 Debbie, died Wednesday morning in a hospital. She had been ill with a brain tumor since 1954, and had had three operations. She moved here from San Angelo with her parents 18 months ago and attended Carter Park School before her illness forced her to withdraw.

Her father works for a contractor here. Survivors also include two brothers, Hubert Jr. and George, and a sister, Mrs. Shirlene Burton, all of Fort Worth, and grandparents, Mmes. Pearl Goode and Ada Thompson, both of San Angelo.

The body is at Crowder Brooks. MRS. ALVIN WATSON. Mrs. Alvin 76, of 5000 E.

Lancaster died in a hospital Wednesday morning. She was born in Arlington and had lived at the Lancaster address since 1918. She and her husband, who survives, their 50th ancelebrated niversary in 1952. They were married in Arlington, He was a former longtime employe of Fakes Company. Mrs.

Watson was a member of the Tate Springs Baptist Church. Survivors also include two sons, P. J. of Fort Worth and Wayne Watson of Dallas: a daughter, Mrs. David Cowan of Dallas: a sister.

Mrs. W. J. Pulley of Arlington: five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.

m. Thursday in Moore's Chapel on Lancaster, with Rev. Henry T. Brannon officiating and burial in Greenwood. CHARLES G.

COLYER. Funeral services for Charles G. Colyer, 87, of 3309 N. W. 26th, who died in a hospital Tuesday, were to be held at 2 p.

m. Wednesday at Shannon's Chapel, with burial in Mount Olivet. Colyer, a retired Rock Island Railroad car builder. had lived in Fort Worth for 45 years. He was a Jehovah's Witness.

Survivors include his wife: a son, Eugene Colyer of Fort Worth; two daughters, Mmes. Lorene Fincher of San Angelo and Helen Johns of Fort Worth: two sisters, Mmes. C. W. Sears of Fort Worth and Roscoe James of Somerset; a brother, Sam Colyer of Somerset; eight grandchildren and three great children.

MRS. EDNA M. WILLIAMS. Funeral arrangements were incomplete Wednesday morning for Mrs. Edna Madge Williams, 46, former Fort Worth resident who died Sunday in a Lynchburg, hospital.

She lived at 1463 Morphy here from 1942 to 1950, and then in Lubbock and San Antonio before going to Lynchburg last Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Miss Wanda house of Fort Worth: father, V. T. Haralson of Fort Worth; three sisters, Mmes. A. D.

Hatley of Waddell, E. 0. Harrison of Fort Worth and R. E. Barnett of O'Donnell, and a brother, G.

M. Haralson of Fort Worth. MRS. GEORGE WITTMANN. Word was received here Wednesday of the death in Nashville of Mrs.

George Wittmann, who several years ago spent a two-year visit here with a daughter, Mrs. Robert I. Montgomery Sr. of 5929 Locke. Other survivors include a son, a sister and six grandchildren.

JESSE L. SNOWDEN. Jesse Leonard Snowden, 80, of 1516 E. Hattie died at 1 a. m.

Wednesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. E. 0. Lutz of 919 Lamont, after suffering a stroke Tuesday. He was a retired furniture merchant, born in Paris and a resident of Fort Worth for 30 years.

Snowden was a member of the Timberline Baptist Church. Survivors include two other daughters, Mmes. Joe Russell of Texarkana, and R. R. Goodsor.

of Garland City, a son, J. L. Snowden Jr. of Arlington; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2 p.

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Weather Bureau for the period from 6:30 m. Wednesday through 6:30 p. m. Monday: East and Central Texas--Temperatures 4 to 7 degrees above normal in extreme north to near normal along the coast. Normal minimum 66 to 75, normal maximum 86 to 94.

No important changes. Scattered showers in extreme Texas Thursday. Otherwise, little or no precipitation indicated. West Texas-Temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal. Normal minimum 54 to 63 degrees in Panhandle and South Plains and 63 to 72 elsewhere.

Normal maximum 81 to 90. No important changes. Little or no precipitation indicated. New Professor Starts Duties at Texas COLLEGE STATION, Sept. 12 (P.

-Charles R. Colbert of New Orleans has assumed duties as head of division of ture at Texa College. He replaces Ernest Langford, who went on modified service Sept. 1 after 27 years as head of Depot Pool Is Being Probed Construction of a swimming pool, which was opened in July at the Officers Club at the Fort Worth General Depot, is under investigation by the office of the quartermaster genera it has been learned in Washington. A spokesman for Howard commander here.

Wednesday the officer deposaid had no comment on the investigation. Information at the base was also refused on how construction, of the pool was whether that question is what set off a visit here, recently by an from the office of the quartermaster general. The pool is used by officers and civilian employes who are associate members of the club. It was described by one member as small and made of concrete. He said the club has a membership of about 100 to 120 persons and that there are about 50 officers stationed at the depot.

DR. ELLIS M. SOWELL SR. Funeral Set For Pioneer Of Royse Cily ROYSE CITY, Sept. 12 (Spl).

Mrs. W. R. Tumlinson, 76, a resident of Royse City for more than half a century, died at her home here Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.

m. Thursday in the Royse City Baptist Church, of which she was a member. She will be buried in Royse City Cemetery. She came here from her native Mississippi with her husband in 1902. She was the former Edna McClain.

Survivors are her husband: a son, H. Galen Tumlinson of 3500 Clary St. in Fort Worth; three daughters, Mmes. L. B.

Hankins of 1317 Gambrell in Fort Worth W. B. Mays of Irving and L. L. Watkins of Royse City, and five grandchildren.

THOMAS WHEELER TIDWELL. KELLER, Sept. 12 Wheeler Tidwell, 93, a retired farmer who had lived in Keller for 40 years, died Wednesday morning in his residence at Rt. 1, Box 91. He was born in Blunt County, Ala.

Survivors include two sons, T. W. of Fort Worth and T. E. Tidwell of Keller: eight daughters, Mmes.

Zola Lolley and Maggie Baker of Fort Worth, Lou Nichols of Burleson, May Witherspoon of Midlothian, C. A. Hackler of Crowley, Charles Brown of Gruver and Birdie Witherspoon and Miss Zula Tidwell Keller: a stepdaughter, Mrs. Flora Hays of Wichita Falls; two stepsons, Eugene of Brunt and Fred Mize of Roanoke: 26 grandchildren and 59 great-grandchildren. The body is at Shannon's.

JOHN AKEY. STEPHENVILLE, Sept. 12 Akey, 81, a retired blacksmith who had lived in Stephenville since 1933. died Tuesday in Naperville. where he had been visiting a son, John H.

Akey. Akey lived in Fort Worth from 1917 to 1933. He was a Mason. Survivors also include four other sons, R. Harold, and Charles, of Fort Worth, and J.

C. Akey Baytown: two daughters, Mmes. F. W. Rose of Crowley and Robert Vogt of Los Angeles; a brother, Ellis Akey of Stephenville; three sisters, Mmes.

Arthur Golightly, Tate Ford and Lee Powell of Stephenville; 17 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. Middleweight Fight Off MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 12 The middleweight fight scheduled here Thursday night between Craig, Detroit, and Joe Schmolze, Minneapolis, has been called off because of Schmolze's illness. CARPENTER BUILDS BETTER SCREWDRIVER difference!" William Butler, El Paso, Texas "I've been constructing 'Screwdrivers' (orange juice and vodka) ever since the vodka craze began. But no two tasted the sameuntil a friend hammered home the fact that Gilbey's was top-grade vodka.

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