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At the age of seventy-nine years Dr. Major Dowell Sterrett died at his home, at Grand Bluff, Tex., on October 24, 1919. He was born in Shelby County, Ala., the son of Judge A. A. Sterrett, and was educated at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1859. He later studied medicine and gradutated from the Atlanta Medical College in 1866.

At the outbreak of the War between the States Dr. Sterrett enlisted as a private at Selma, Ala., and at Yorktown, Va., in 1862, he was elected first lieutenant; at Gaines Mill he was promoted to captain. He was wounded in the battle of Antietam, by which he lost his right leg. On recovering he was transferred to the Fourth Congressional District of Alabama and made quartermaster, and as such he served to the close of the war. After the war he was commissioned by Governor Parsons, of Alabama, to reorganize the militia of North Alabama and given the title of colonel.

Dr. Sterrett went to Texas in 1866 and settled at Grand Bluff, in Panola County. He was married at Marhsall in 1870 to Miss S. Julia Vawter, daughter of Col. A. L. Vawter, and to them were born six daughters and a son. Three daughters survive him, also an adopted son.

Dr. Sterrett was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in 1861, and ever lived the principles of the order, exemplifying them in his everyday life and dealings with his fellow man. He was also an Odd Fellow, faithful to its tenets. Early in life he became a Christian, uniting with the Baptist Church. As a man he was kind and gentle, giving a word of good cheer wherever he went; as a physician none was more successful than he; to his friends he was true, ever thoughtful and kind. He will be long remembered and his name revered.