The story of how she died has been told many times by her children and relatives. She was sick in bed and a Polish women who lived in the same house upstairs came down to see how Mamie was doing. The lady went to the medicine cabinate to get her some medicine but when Mamie drank it, it burned her throat severly! She jumped up from the bed, ran out of the house in her night clothes, running for the drug store seeking help as she knew this was serious. Mamie died two weeks later. The "medicine" she was given turned out to be Lysol! She died from complications due to drinking it.
It's said that Mamie and the Polish woman never got along and were always arguing. It has always been thought this women killed Mamie on purpose by giving her the Lysol on purpose but it could not be proven or nor did anyone ever know how the Lysol ever got into the medicine bottle. Mamie is buried in Cleveland, Ohio.
Their children:
EULA MAE SOWELL
Born: 19 March 1923 - Lynchburg, Va.
Married: 1st - John Hammersly - South Carolina
Date: Abt. 1939
Married: 2nd - Carlton "Buck" Little
Date: ????
Died: 26 January 1997 - Lynchburg, Virginia
LORA WILMOTH SOWELL
Born: 07 November 1924 - Campbell Co., Va.
Married: 1st - Waddie Brown Salmon, Jr.
Date: 05 April 1947 - Lynchburg, Va.
Married: 2nd - Clifford Brown Hawkins
Date: ????
Died: 31 March 1981 - Lynchburg, Virginia
Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery - Lynchburg, Virginia
ALEXANDER TERRELL "Buddy" SOWELL
Born: 19 November 1927
Married: 1st - Shirley Mae Ware
Date:17 January 1917 - Lynchburg, Va.
Married: 2nd - Ruth Bell Burks
Date: ????
Died: 16 May 1995
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