TITLE:  Mildred Smith Rowland

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 1, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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LATTA - Mildred Smith Rowland, age 99, died June 29, 2001, at the 
Methodist Home of the Pee Dee in Florence. Mrs. Rowland was born 
September 15, 1901, in Old Marion County, now Dillon County, a 
daughter of the late Henry Ellison (Keitt) and Eudora Dew Smith. A 
graduate of Lander College in Greenwood, Mrs. Rowland taught math in 
Kirby-Smith School, Jacksonville, Fla., for 40 years. She was a member 
of Latta United Methodist Church. After retirement and the death of her
husband, Mrs. Rowland purchased the Ellington home on Bamberg St. in 
Latta and lived there until moving into the Methodist Home of the Pee 
Dee near Florence around 1995.Graveside funeral services will be 
conducted at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 1, 2001, at Magnolia Cemetery, where 
Mrs. Rowland will be buried by her sister-in-law, Pearl Stackhouse 
Smith, directed by KANNADAY'S FUNERAL HOME IN LATTA.She is survived by 
nieces and nephews, Henry Franklin Easterling of Greensboro, N.C., 
Louise E. McCollum Drost of Latta, Mildred Easterling of Clio, S.C., 
Martha E. Caffell of Oklawaha, Fla., Mrs. Steve (Pearle S.) Williamson 
of Florence, Wilbur Smith of Spring Field, Va., Glenn Smith of Los 
Angeles, Calif., Mack Smith, Jr., and Patrick Smith, both of Plant 
City, Fla., Ellison Smith, Jr., of Orlando, Fla., Helen S. Matthew of 
Orangeburg, S.C., Donald MacDougall of Farmington, Mich., and Marianna 
MacDougall Kenely of Ferndale, Mich.Mrs. Rowland was preceded in death 
by her husband, S. Lee Rowland, brothers, Legrand Smith, Mack Smith, 
Hartwell Smith, Ellison Smith, sisters, Mrs. Ted (Mary S.) Allen, Mrs. 
Henry (Louise S.) Easterling, Mrs. Walter (Vera S.) Covington, Miss 
Myrtis Smith, Mrs. Mack (Sarah MacDougall, daughter of Keitt's second 
wife, Mamie Evans, nieces, Travis E.H. Cavell, Dora S. Shelly, Margaret
Smith, Cappy Covington, nephews, James Rupert Easterling, Rupert Allen,
W. Edgar Allen, Ashton Allen, Ellison Smith, Vereen Smith, and Legrand 
Smith. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Latta, 
Sunday afternoon, from 12:30 until 1:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to 
the Magnolia Cemetery Fund, c/o Joe Griffin, Latta, S.C. 29565.  (The 
Post and Courier July 1, 2001)
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