Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McGowan, James D. June 3, 1981
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Virginian-Pilot June 4, 1981
CHESAPEAKE - Retired Army Maj. James Douglas McGowan, 45, of 449 Longdale 
Crescent, the husband of Mrs. Genevieve Alessi McGowan, died Wednesday in a 
Portsmouth hospital.
A native of Craven County, N.C., he had lived here for 10 years. He retired from 
the Army in 1972, after 16 years of service. He was employed as personnel 
management specialist at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
He was a member of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church and was president of the Indian 
River Athletic Association.
Other survivors include four sons, Gary Douglas McGowan, Bryan James McGowan, 
Paul Edward McGowan Sr., and David Michael McGowan of Chesapeake; six sisters, 
Mrs. Lillie Mae Rivers of Loraine, Ohio, Mrs. Joyce Wilson, Mrs. Margaret 
Griffin, and Mrs. Barbara Ann Lewis of Harkers Island, N.C., Mrs. Margie Morris 
of Ohio, and Mrs. Velva Jean Smith of Morehead City, N.C.; three brothers, Floyd 
H. McGowan of Chesapeake, A. J. McGowan of Norfolk, and Charles McGowan of 
Ogdensburg, N.Y.; and a grandson.
A Christian wake service will be held tonight at 7:30 in Graham Funeral Home, 
South Norfolk Chapel. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday at 2 p.m. in St. 
Matthew’s Catholic Church by the Rev. James Guttendorf. Burial will be in St. 
Mary’s Cemetery, Norfolk.


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