Mattie Jane (Howell) Gamewell |
| Posted 2008-02-06 by Sharon |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ December 24, 1954, p. 1 Postmistress In 1920's; In Bank,Then Motel Owner The Wickenburg community lost one of its better known elderly residents in the passing of Mrs. Mattie J. Howell Gamewell at Community Hospital here on Friday, December 17. Mrs. Gamewell had been a patient in the hospital for two months, following a fall in which she broke her hip. She had reached her 85th birthday on December 8. A resident of Wickenburg for some 35 years, Mrs. Gamewell came here from Kemp, Tex. She taught school for one term at the Rincon School, just northwest of town. In 1920 she was appointed Postmistress here and held that position for six years. She then became head teller of the Traders' Bank here, a private bank owned by the late B. C. Straughan. Established Motel: Following her marriage in 1931 to L. B. Gamewell, they established the Gamewell Motel in 1940. Mr. Gamewell died in 1945. Mrs Gamewell continued to operate that pioneer motel, with the assistance of her son Grady Howell and daughter, Mrs. Lucille Storns, up until the time she entered the hospital. Mrs. Gamewell was born in Coleman County, Texas. She was married in 1893 to Rev Joseph Stephen Howell, a Methodist minister, who passed away in 1916. Active In Church: Mrs. Gamewell was long an active member of the Presbyterian Church here and was especially interested in the affairs of the Ladies Aid organization. She was a member of the Wickenburg Motel Association and of the Round-Up Club. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Wickenburg Chapel with burial following in the Wickenburg Cemetery. In addition to Mrs. Storns of Wickenburg and Mr. Howell of Phoenix, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Roy E. Martin of Reseda, Calif., and a second son, Leslie A. Howell of Sunland, Calif. A sister, Mrs. John Sloan of San Antonio, Tex., and brother, Morgan Grady of Paul's Valley, Okla., also survive, as do two grandsons, a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. See Also: Find a Grave |
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