| Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary | April 7-11, 1926 |
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| Deceased Person | Ernest Franklin Showell |
| Birth | 3/28/1887; near Millville, Baltimore Hundred, Sussex County, De. |
| Death | 1/20/1926 at Royal Oak, Md; 38 yo. Funeral services at Royal Oak & at Frankford, Del. Buried at Union Wesley cemetery Frankford, Del. Next to his mother. |
| Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information | Entered State College for Colored Youth, Dover, Del. In 1907 & graduated in 1912. Entered Lincoln University, Chester County, Pa. graduating in 1915. Ordained deacon at North Berlin in 1917, Elder at Wilmington. Charges: Church Creek, Md; South Berlin, Md; Royal Oak, Md |
| Family and Other Information | Parents: Charles & Martha Showell Spouse: Hattie R. Walters md. 3/25/1909, childhood sweeheart who survives him - 6 children: Mabel Viola (predeceased him), Alice Ernestine, Raphael Depew, Deborah Olivia, Ruth Naomi & Esther Elizabeth |
| Online PDF Page Number (if available) | pdf pg 110 |
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