Anna Lou Avey was born May 5, 1895, at Newnata, in Stone County, Arkansas, the daughter of John Clayborne Avey and Edna Jane Gower.
Anna married Marvin Almus Emery Gower on October 12, 1913, in Stone County. Marvin Gower was born June 23, 1894, at Newnata, the son of Jesse Emery Gower and Hannah.
Anna died February 25, 1954, in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. Marvin died December 7, 1980, at Okmulgee, in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
Child of Marvin Gower and Anna Avey
1. Flora Gower, b. Newnata, Stone Co, AR; m. Manuel Roy Terrill