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Ada HUNKIN ROWE

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

Fred
1877-1963

Ada
1881-1957

*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary Fred
Funeral services for Fredrick Richard Rowe, 86, long time resident of this community, were conducted Tuesday at the Wheeler Church of Christ with Minister Eugene Henderson of Shamrock officiating, assisted by Rev. Robert Ely.

Frederick Richard Rowe, known to his many friends as Fred, was born at Foulmauth [sic] in Cornwell [sic] County, England, on February 8, 1877. He died January 6, 1963 at Shamrock following a severe illness of several days.

On May 1, 1900 he was married to Ada Hunkin at Mevagissex [sic], England. That same year they came to America and resided at Dallas one year. They lived in Vernon ten years and moved to Wheeler in 1911. He farmed during his active life.

After his wife passed away in 1957, he moved to the home of north of Wheeler [sic] to the home of his daughter, Mrs. May Goad, northwest of Wheeler.

He was a member of the Church of England.

Surviving besides his daughter are two sons, William H. and Percy both of Pampa; one sister, Mrs. Beatrice Greenhouse of Wheeler; a brother, Matthew Rowe of California; 10 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.

His wife, one brother and one sister preceded him in death.

Grandsons serving as pall bearers were: Donald Rowe, Loyle Goad, Jimmy Goad, W.A. Goad, Jr., Jimmy Close, Doyle Pond and W.T. Bishop.

Honorary bearers were W.L. Erwin, Eli Baker, P.A. Martin, H.D. Pond, R.J. Holt, Ray McClain, Less Womack, A.B. Crump, J.H. Hooker, Nick Steadman, Evart Goad, and S.D. Conwell.

Interment was beside his wife in the Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Kirk Funeral Home.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Thursday, January 10, 1963)
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England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Frederick Richard Rowe
Registration Year: 1877
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: St Austell
Parishes for this Registration District:
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume: 5c
Page: 135

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Fredrick Richard Rowe
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1877
Birth Place: England
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: John Rowe
Age at Death: 85
Death Date: 6 Jan 1963
Death Place: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA

*Obituary Ada
Funeral services were conducted last Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock for Mrs. Fred Rowe, Wheeler County pioneer woman. She had been a resident of Wheeler County since 1913.

Mrs. Rowe was born in Mevagissey, England, February 25, 1881. She passed away in the Shamrock General Hospital, September 5, 1957 at 4:30 p.m.

Miss Ada Hunkins married Frederick Richard Rowe at Mevagissey on May 1, 1900. After her marriage she and her husband came to Dallas where they resided a few years before coming to Wheeler County 44 years ago. They have resided in this community since that date.

Funeral services were held from the Church of Christ in Wheeler at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, September 7, with Minister E.M. Borden, Jr., assisted by Rev. Carlton Thomson, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Wheeler officiating.

Survivors include: the husband, Fred Rowe, Mrs. May Goad, of Wheeler; W.H. (Bill) Rowe and Percy Rowe of Pampa.

Also surviving are 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Three brothers, Percy, Claude, and Cecil Hunkins and one sister, Mrs. Gladys Clark, all of England preceded her in death.

Serving as pallbearers were five grandsons: Donald Rowe, W.A. Goad, Jr., Jimmy Goad, Loyde Goad, Jimmy Close and Marl Jaco.

Name as honorary pallbearers were: Terrell Gunter, Robert Holt, W.L. Erwin, A.B. Crump, Levi Reid, and Nelson Porter.

Interment was in the Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of Kirk Funeral Home.

(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XXIV, Number 40, Thursday, September 12, 1957, Page 1)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Ada Rowe
[Ada Hunkin]
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1881
Birth Place: England
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Rural Precinct 1, Wheeler, Texas
Father: William Hunkin
Mother: Sarah Clark
Age at Death: 76
Death Date: 5 Sep 1957
Death Place: Shamrock, Wheeler, Texas, USA

Contributed on 12/16/21

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Submitted: 12/16/21 • Approved: 12/16/21 • Last Updated: 12/19/21 • R473821-G473819-S3

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