Miriam Baker Dunn Gowan
Miriam Baker Dunn Gowan (Laughlin) |
Educator and Civic Leader
Notes:
• "Miriam Baker Dunn Gowan, 93, passed away on Monday at Carington Health Center in Huntsville. She had been a resident of Huntsville since 1939. Mrs. Gowan was born in Robinson Springs to Perry A. and Myriam McGee Dunn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Jesse Sam Gowan, a dentist; a son, Jesse Paul Gowan; a grandson, Paul Alan Gowan; and a brother, Perry A. Dunn Jr. Mrs. Gowan is survived by a brother, Harold Dunn and wife, Martha of Montgomery; a daughter, Jo Anna Gowan Burkett and husband William; and a son, Joe Perry Gowan of Huntsville. Grandchildren who survive her are: Earl Burkett and wife Jennifer, Martha Burkett Waldrup and husband Jerry, Audra Gowan Wilson, all of Huntsville, David Gowan of Nevada, and Brandi Gowan Grove of Virginia; and 10 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Gowan graduated from the University of Montevallo and earned a master's degree from the University of Alabama. She was in the education field in Elmore and Madison counties and taught in the Huntsville City Schools for several years. She was charter president of the Huntsville Pilot Club, past president of East Clinton P.T.A. and Huntsville City Council of P.T.A.s, active in Girl and Boy Scouts and was the first building chairman of the Girl Scout Camp on Lake Guntersville. She was a member of First Baptist Church and a former Sunday school teacher." - Find A Grave
• Charter member of the Pilot Club
"The Pilot Club is a classified service club for business and professional women and is non-partisan and non-sectarian. Membership is determined by classification and by invitation: two members being permitted for each business or professional classification. Members must be self-supporting women of good moral and business standing.
The name Pilot was chosen because it means "leader and guide." The Pilot Emblem is the Wheel, which has always been an important element in industry and commerce, as well as a vital factor in human progress.
The Pilot Colors are green, representing "life and vigor" and gold, representing "sincerity of purpose."
The objects of a local Pilot Club are to develop a keener sense of service, encourage a more thorough understanding among all business and professional women, and the participation in any movement that improves the moral, civic or industrial welfare of the community in which it is located.
The Pilot Club of Huntsville was organized in 1939. It received its charter December 9, 1939. Mrs. Klee Hix, of the Pilot Club of Birmingham was District Governor, and presented the charter to the Huntsville Club. Mrs. J. S. Gowam was the first president of the club." - Stone
• In the 1940 Census she was listed as a Social Worker for the Welfare Dept. - 1940 Census
• 613 Locust Street was given as her address in the 1940 Census - 1940 Census
• The phone books listed her address as 1016 McClung Ave SE, Huntsville, Alabama for the following years 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002: - Phone books
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| Born: | April 2, 1914, Robinson Springs, Elmore, Alabama |
| Died: | March 3, 2008, Huntsville, Alabama |
| Buried: | Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama |
Notes:
• "Miriam Baker Dunn Gowan, 93, passed away on Monday at Carington Health Center in Huntsville. She had been a resident of Huntsville since 1939. Mrs. Gowan was born in Robinson Springs to Perry A. and Myriam McGee Dunn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Jesse Sam Gowan, a dentist; a son, Jesse Paul Gowan; a grandson, Paul Alan Gowan; and a brother, Perry A. Dunn Jr. Mrs. Gowan is survived by a brother, Harold Dunn and wife, Martha of Montgomery; a daughter, Jo Anna Gowan Burkett and husband William; and a son, Joe Perry Gowan of Huntsville. Grandchildren who survive her are: Earl Burkett and wife Jennifer, Martha Burkett Waldrup and husband Jerry, Audra Gowan Wilson, all of Huntsville, David Gowan of Nevada, and Brandi Gowan Grove of Virginia; and 10 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Gowan graduated from the University of Montevallo and earned a master's degree from the University of Alabama. She was in the education field in Elmore and Madison counties and taught in the Huntsville City Schools for several years. She was charter president of the Huntsville Pilot Club, past president of East Clinton P.T.A. and Huntsville City Council of P.T.A.s, active in Girl and Boy Scouts and was the first building chairman of the Girl Scout Camp on Lake Guntersville. She was a member of First Baptist Church and a former Sunday school teacher." - Find A Grave
• Charter member of the Pilot Club
"The Pilot Club is a classified service club for business and professional women and is non-partisan and non-sectarian. Membership is determined by classification and by invitation: two members being permitted for each business or professional classification. Members must be self-supporting women of good moral and business standing.
The name Pilot was chosen because it means "leader and guide." The Pilot Emblem is the Wheel, which has always been an important element in industry and commerce, as well as a vital factor in human progress.
The Pilot Colors are green, representing "life and vigor" and gold, representing "sincerity of purpose."
The objects of a local Pilot Club are to develop a keener sense of service, encourage a more thorough understanding among all business and professional women, and the participation in any movement that improves the moral, civic or industrial welfare of the community in which it is located.
The Pilot Club of Huntsville was organized in 1939. It received its charter December 9, 1939. Mrs. Klee Hix, of the Pilot Club of Birmingham was District Governor, and presented the charter to the Huntsville Club. Mrs. J. S. Gowam was the first president of the club." - Stone
• In the 1940 Census she was listed as a Social Worker for the Welfare Dept. - 1940 Census
• 613 Locust Street was given as her address in the 1940 Census - 1940 Census
• The phone books listed her address as 1016 McClung Ave SE, Huntsville, Alabama for the following years 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002: - Phone books
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• 1940 Census - As viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription.
• Find A Grave - Page created by Trusvan
• HMCPL Digital Archives - Huntsville Madison County Public Library Digital Archives, Green Academy Marker with picture of Mrs. Gowen. (Originally found at http://digitalarchives.hmcpl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15431coll1/id/298/rec/3.)
• Laughlin - Obituary and Photo (Originally found at http://www.laughlinservice.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=682008.)
• Phone books - As viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription
• Stone - Article titled "The Pilot Club" by Ernestine Stone for Commemorative Album, Celebrating our City's Sesquicentennial of Progress, Huntsville, Alabama, by James E. Taylor, General Chairman, 1955.
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