Adams County MsArchives Obituaries.....Harrison Orae "Ray", Sr. Cowart May 4 2004
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Natchez Democrat  - May 6, 2004
Harrison Orae "Ray" Cowart Sr.

 
 
August 27, 1925 - May 4, 2004

NATCHEZ - Services for Harrison Orae "Ray" Cowart Sr., 78, of Natchez, who died 
Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at Natchez Community Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. Friday 
at Laird Funeral Home Union Street Chapel with Dr. Edgar Wright officiating.

Burial will be in the Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird 
Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Cowart was born August 27, 1925, in Security, La., the son of Wallace and 
Bessie Spinks Cowart.

He was a veteran of the US Navy in World War II. Mr. Cowart was employed with 
Armstron Tire and Rubber for many years. He retired from Brown and Root in 
Houston, Texas. Mr. Cowart was a member of Morgantown Baptist Church.

Mr. Cowart was preceded in death by his father, Wallace Cowart; mother, Bessie 
S. Stampley; daughter, Peggy W. Jensen.

Survivors include his wife, Velma Rushing Cowart of Natchez; son, Ray Cowart 
Jr. and wife, Lisa of Houston, Texas; daughter, Sue Whitehead and husband, 
Raleigh of Mobile, Ala.; stepchildren, Philip L. Smith of Bozeman, Mont., Mike 
Smith of Dallas, Texas, Jan Hancock of Vidalia, La.; grandchildren, Brian 
Whitehead, Kelli Whitehead, Chase Cowart, Beau White, Amanda Villerreall, Brad 
Smith, Dade Smith, Jennifer Golden, Patrick Golden, Mary Katherine Golden; and 
four great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Paul Smith, Oliver Lee, Ted Gray, Herman Eldridge, Charles 
Rayford Tynes, Johnnie Ratcliff.

Honorary Pallbearers will be his grandsons.



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