Mom was wild, funny, generous, loving to a fault and moody. She went crazy, but when she wasn't you either loved her, hated her, or in my dad's case, both. She had a saying for everything, and would give you anything she had. She was cremated at Moore Funeral home, but my father buried her urn at Wright cemetery under her owl statue, between Nathan Bowles and another of the Bowles clan. A memorial service was held at Codaway on Aug. 2nd, 2008 by her family
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...