Jewell, the youngest daughter of Joe and Sarah Palmer, was
born in Simpson Springs District, Nov. 5, 1915, and passed away
October 8, 1959, at the age of 43 years, eleven months and three
days. She received her early training and schooling at Simpson
Springs. Early in life she met her Saviour and she and her first
husband, Joe Williams, worked in the Simpson Springs Baptist church.
She lost her first husband, Joe Williams, by drowning. This
brought great sorrow and grief. Later she was married to Grant
Fowler and to this union two sons were born, Billy and Micky.
Grant Fowler passed away some two years ago.
After the passing of Grant, she remained in East Peoria, Illinois
so that she might be more able to support her two sons, therefore
she was separated from her brothers and sisters.
She passed away at East Peoria after an automobile accident which
makes her untimely passing all the harder to understand.
She leaves to mourn her passing her two sons, Billy and Micky,
two brothers, Edd and Willie Palmer, two sisters, Mrs. Carrie
Lawrence and Mrs. Myrtle Robinson, all of Simpson, and another
sister, Mrs. Gladys Steagall, of Antigo, Wis.
She was a loving mother, a kind and thoughtful sister and a good
neighbor. Other relatives are her nephews, nieces, cousins and
many friends and neighbors.
Funeral services were held Sunday, October 11, at the Glendale
Methodist Church, with the Rev. Floyd Stout officiating. Burial
was in the church cemetery with Aly Funeral Service, Eddyville,
in charge of arrangement.
_____Copied from Herald-Enterprise, October 23, 1959.