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Submitted: 10/8/21 • Approved: 10/8/21 • Last Updated: 10/11/21 • R461870-G461870-S3
November 25, 1876-December 11, 1969
At Rest
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Former long-time Wheeler resident, Mrs. Susie Cowden, passed away in Amarillo Southwest Osteopathic Hospital Thursday, December 11 following a long illness.
Mrs. Cowden was residing in Amarillo at the time of her death.
She was born in Mississippi November 25, 1874 to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Carriker. She was married to Jim Garnet Cowden.
Mrs. Cowden moved to Wheeler in 1911 where she lived until she moved to Amarillo five years ago.
Survivors include one son: Codie of Amarillo; one brother, Sam Carriker of Mountain Park, Okla.; six grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and three great, great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church of Wheeler, Monday December 15, 1969 with Rev. C.M. Abercrombie officiating.
Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Wright-Denson Funeral Home.
Pallbeares [sic]: A.M. Galmor, Boyice Farris, Loyd Lee, Otis Reid, Coy Bradstreet, and Roy Bradstreet.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 47 Number 1 Thursday, December 18, 1969 - Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Susie Cowden
Death Date: 11 Dec 1969
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Susie Cowden
[Susie Carriker]
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1874
Birth Place: Mississippi
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Amarillo, Randall, Texas
Father: Jim Carriker
Age at Death: 95
Death Date: 11 Dec 1969
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
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Record #: 461870