Daughter of James H. McGowan & Frances Eugenia Gordon
Wife of Robert Land
Clarke County Tribune, Jan 21, 1955
Mrs Alva McGowan-Land, wife of Robert Land, Melvin AL,
born near Quitman, Clarke Co MS Sep 23, 1878; died in
Watkins Memorial Hospital, Quitman, Dec 17, 1954. She
was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs J.H. McGowan.
Very early in life, the Methodist Church became the center
of her interest and activities. She was a member of the UDC,
having joined at Ocean Springs MS and soon after her marriage
became a member of the Butler AL Chapter and took an active
part in all phases of its program until ill health forced
her to retire from active participation. On Sep 4, 1907,
she became the happy bride of Robert Land, a prominent young
businessman of Melvin AL, and for more than 47 years she was
the inspiration and true companion of her husband. Funeral
services conducted in the Methodist Church, Melvin, Sunday
Dec 19, 1954, that being the first funeral service conducted
in the church she worked so faithfully to help build. Revs.
S.F. Lowery and B.Johnson officiating. Interment in Mt Pisgah
Cemetery in Clarke County, the lot she selected as her final resting place.
