Undated article from unknown source. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Mrs. Chowning of Madison Dies; Funeral Thursday "Madison- Mrs. Elizabeth Chowning, widow of Orville Chowning, died at 6:30 o'clock this morning at her home in Madison. She had been ill some time. Born May 9, 1872, near Holliday, she was a daughter of the late Adam and Elizabeth Holliday Gwynn, pioneer residents of Monroe County. Mrs. Chowning was the last survivor of a family of eight children including the late S. Sam Gwynn, Paris, Mrs. Edwin Basset, former of Madison, and Mrs. Minnie Delaney, Slater, all well-known in Madison. Orville Chowning was a businessman in Madison. Mrs. Chowning was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Madison until it was dissolved. After that, she joined the Madison Christian Church. Surviving are: one daughter, Miss Mary Chowning, formerly a high school teach in Illinois who returned to Madison three years ago to care for her mother; two sons, James R., Wilmington, Del., and Joseph A. Fort Worth, Tex.; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The body was taken from the Thompson and Mackler Funeral Home in Madison this afternoon to the family home. There will be no visitation at the family home until late tomorrow afternoon. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Madison Christian Church. The Rev. W.C. Cornn, Christian minister, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery in Madison." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562