A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=45089 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Salisbury Times Article Date: November 28 1956 Article Description: Death: Mrs Kirkley Lockwood Cowgill of Rehoboth Article Text: Rehoboth Beach, Del., November 28, 1956: Mrs Hettie W. Cowgill, dean of Rehoboth real estate agents, died in her sleep Monday at her home on Pennsylvania Avenue. Mrs Cowgill, at 84, was the oldest active real estate operator in Rehoboth Beach, having set up her own business when she came here from Dover in 1924. A staunch Republican, she had never failed to exercise her franchise since the 19th amendment to the Constitution granted women voting privileges in 1929. She cast her last vote on November 6 by absentee ballot from her hospital bed in Lewes where she was taken on November 3 with an acute heart ailment. Last October 3 Mrs. Cowgill went to City Hall to register for the election and the registeration board refused to sign her from her car. Determined to be registered and ubable to climb the steps to City Hall she got members of the local constabulary to carry her in a chair into the building where she was duly signed up. Mrs cowgill had remained active in real estate circles until she entered the hospital on November 3. Born in Kent County on May 18, 1872 , she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Sara Emma Williams. She married Kirkley Lockwood Cowgill, a Dover real estate and insurance man, who died in 1927. Surviving are a daughter, Rute Cowgill Emmert, owner of the Dinner Bell Inn here, a son John Palmer Cowgill of Rehoboth, and two sisters, Mrs. Maurice Frazier of Dover and Mrs Anna Lockwood of Wilmington. She also leaves seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be at Atkins Funeral Home in Lewes tomorrow at 2 PM and another at 4 PM at Friends Meeting in Camden. The Rev. Richard Bailey , rector of All Saints Episcopal church, Rehoboth will assist with the services. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery at Camden. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com