Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Randa E. Pownall
Washington Daily Times
Tuesday, April 28, 1959 pg.6
Mrs. Randa Ellen Pownall, 84, R. R. 2 Odo, died Monday at 2 P.M. at the Daviess Count Hospital after a serious illness of two weeks. She has been in poor health for three years. Mrs. Pownall was born in Martin County September 5, 1874, the daughter of the late William and Frances Thayer Pate. She married Theodore C. Pownall in 1900 and he preceded her in death in 1955. Surviving sons and daughters are Herschel Pownall, at home; Hallet Pownall and Mrs. Georgia Maryfield, both of R. R. 2 Odon and Mrs. Geneva Cochran of Bloomfield. There are three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Other survivors include a brother, Charles Pate of Bargarsville, Indiana and a sister, Mrs. Mary Anderson of Newberry. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 P.M. at the Poindexter Funeral Home in Odon with burial in Walnut Hill cemetery. Rev. Oakely Russell of Oakland City will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Contributed by: Donna Clark