Ralph O. McDowell

MCDOWELL, GARLAND, MCCANN, MARSHALL

Posted By: David L. Skipton (email)
Date: 5/29/2010 at 01:05:48

Source: LCHS

Ralph O. McDowell, 71, Winfield, died Friday April 30, 1982 in a London, Ky., hospital.

He was born March 19, 1911 in Decatur County, and was the adopted son of Dan and Cannie McDowell. He married Cora Garland March 18, 1935 in Monmouth, Ill.

He was louisa County Sheriff for many years before his retirement. He was a member of the Loyal Moose Lodge of Burlington and the United Methodist Church of Winfield.

Surviving: his wife; one son, Dean, Ft. Madison; one brother, Plin McCann, Tacoma, Wash.; one sister, Letha Marshall, Muscatine; five grandsons.

Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, United Methodist Church, Winfield, the Rev. Brown Garlock; Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. The body will be at the McKasson-Honts Funeral Home, Winfield, after 9 a.m. Tuesday.