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Submitted: 6/12/20 • Approved: 6/16/20 • Last Updated: 6/19/20 • R324770-G324769-S3
February 20, 1894, Milam County, Texas - June 1, 1947, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas
MRS. CLARA MOWDY IS BURIED ON TUESDAY
CAMERON, June 5- SPL- Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Mowdy, 53 were held at Liberty Church, Tuesday. Mrs. Mowdy died in Bryan Sunday night while undergoing an emergency operation at Bryan Hospital. She and her husband were visiting one of her children in Bryan on their vacation. Mrs. Mowdy was a native of Milam County and recently moved to Houston. She is survived by her husband: four sons, Millard Mowdy and Thomas Mowdy of Houston, Willis Mowdy of Bryan, and Ben Allen Mowdy, presently employed in Guam; four daughters, Mrs. Ruby Lee Murray of Orburn, Wash., Mrs. Opal Mae Young of Cameron, Mrs. Mary Gladys Morton and Mrs. Millie Shemak of Houston; four sisters, Mrs. Calvin Markham, Mrs. Irene Fuller, Mrs. Mary Lou Halpain of Cameron, and Mrs. Florence Williams of Rosebud; three brothers, William and Raymond Shafer of Hanover and Liberty and Charles Shafer of Cameron.
The Cameron Herald(Cameron, Texas), 06 Jun 1947, Thu, Page 14
Family Members
Parents
William Edward Shafer
1869–1943
Mary Elizabeth Ingham Shafer
1876–1929
Spouse
Homer Mowdy
1892–1987
Siblings
William Elijha Shafer
1894–1965
Raymond Theodore Shafer
1901–1963
Irene Shafer Fuller
1909–1991
Floey Anne Shafer Markham
1913–1968
Mary Lou Shafer Halpain
1917–1969
Children
Ben Allen Mowdy
1917–1993
Millard Ezell Mowdy
1919–1983
Millie Ozell Mowdy Laurence
1919–2001
Thomas Mowdy
1921–1985
Willie Edward Mowdy
1923–1936
Opal Mae Mowdy Young
1927–2013
Photo courtesy of: Holly Bonorden Jentsch
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