Southern Graves

Charlie, a son of James Bowen, died just a few months before his nineteenth birthday.  His remains rest at Lilly Cemetery in Dooly County, Georgia. Twas but a flower too good for earth, Transplanted into heaven. Vienna News (Georgia) 9 September 1910, pg. 1 Sad Death of Young Man. Sunday evening Sept. 4th at his home in the Pleasant Valley community, Mr. Charlie Bowen died after a short illness. His death was an untimely one as he was just coming into young manhood.  He was eighteen years of age and had spent most of his life in the community where he died. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him best. He leaves a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bowen, two brothers, Walter and Runie Bowen, and five sisters, Mrs. Idus Hughes, Mrs. J. W. Woodruff, Misses Lilla, Gussie, and Mary Bowen, besides a number of friends to mourn his loss. He will be greatly missed by his parents because of his love, obedience, and thoughtful kindness, by his brothers and sisters on account of...

Happy Labor Day! I had to work this three day weekend, but I hope the ones who have it off are enjoying the summer fling finale. I am including a few more links than usual in this "In Case You Missed It" post. I'm now using the three most convenient (to me) stats and analytics programs to get the most popular posts over a specific period of time. They are all essentially Google entities -- Feedburner, Google Analytics, and Blogger Stats. I found several "ties" in trying to gather the top ten list, so I just decided to include them all. Also, as a content note / reminder, the most popular posts over the life of this blog (according to Blogger Stats) can be found on the right sidebar. Here are the most popular posts from the last thirty days. - Southern Cross of Honor - Minnie Lou (Tombstone Tuesday) - Marion's Lyre (Tombstone Tuesday) - Colorful (Wordless Wednesday) - In Hoc Signo Vinces: the Knights Templar - Life is a Span (Today's E...

Kate Buice (1870-1934) & William Reid (1869-1932) Bowen. Evergreen Cemetery; Fitzgerald, GA. Photo © 2010 S. Lincecum. This is what the Evergreen Cemetery Tour Map and Guide from the Fitzgerald Convention and Visitors Bureau has to say about both Mr. Bowens: " W. R. Bowen Son of only Confederate veteran to serve on Colony Company Board, 2nd Lt. R. V. Bowen who fought with the 49th Regiment, Company E, Wilcox County, States Rights Guards. In the Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9, 1862 with 22 men under his command, only 9 came out unhurt. After the War, R. V. Bowen started a lumber and mercantile business at Bowen's Mill, with a trade radius of 50 miles in the scarcely populated area. R. V. was a state representative in 1898-99 and 1903-04. W. R. was involved in banking and real estate with his father, involving of the Lee-Grant Hotel and several downtown city blocks, including the Garbutt-Donovan Building and marble-fronted Exchange Bank, both of which are in...