Madge Owen Barnwell

Background

Barnwell, Madge Owen was born on October 8, 1920 in Milltown, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Edgar Eugene and Cenus Rosa (Denney) O.

Education

Student, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1940.

Career

Clerk War Department, South Atlantic Division C.E., World World War II, administrative assistant, 1940-1953.

Achievements

• Madge Owen Barnwell has been listed as a noteworthy volunteer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Painted Rock Arts Society, Valley, Alabama. Volunteer hospital auxiliary honorary life George Lanier Memorial Hospital, Valley. Chairman bicentennial committee, community appearance chairman Municipal Planning Board, West Point, Georgia.

Member Riverside Country Club (board directors, house chairman), Charter Garden Club (president), Highland Country Club (LaGrange, Georgia), Big Eddy Club (Columbus, Georgia), Garden Club Georgia (honorary life), National Trust Historic Preservation, Tallapoosee History Society, Middle Georgia History Society, Chattahoochee History Society, Troup County History Society and Archives, Muscogee Genealogical Society, Genealogical Society East Alabama, Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames XVIIC, Daughters American Colonists, National Society Magna Charta Dames, Colonial Order of Crown, Sovereign Colonial Society Americans of Royal Descent, Society Descendants of Knights of Most Noble Order of Garter, Plantagenet Society.

Interests

• Gardening, flower arranging, bridge, family genealogy, history.

Connections

Married George Price Barnwell, December 31, 1953.