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Submitted: 2/19/20 • Approved: 2/19/20 • Last Updated: 2/22/20 • R271220-G0-S3
US Navy
U.S.S. Cullman, South Pacific
World War II
July 6, 1925-September 6, 1999
*Obituary
Abilene Reporter September 8, 1999
Gus Cowart
World War II veteran
Gus Cowart, 74, died Monday, September 6, 1999 in a local hospital.
Services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Baker Heights Church of Christ in Abilene with Jack English and Dick Stills officiating. Burial will be in Loop Cemetery, near Seagraves, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 5701 Hwy 277 South.
Mr. Cowart was born in Dawson County in 1925 and graduated from high school in Sparenburg. He was a self-employed grocer. He moved to Abilene from Knox City in 1989. He married Marie Varner in Midland in 1947. He was a member and deacon at Baker Heights Church of Christ. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World war II, having served on the U.S.S. Cullman in the South Pacific. He had also worked with Disability Resources of Abilene.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Kelly Cowart of El Paso; three daughters, Janet Addison of Lamesa, Sharon Hambrick of Ackerly and Karen Black of Southlake; and seven grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to Christian Homes of Abilene, P.O. Box 270, Abilene 79604-9955; or to Children's Home of Lubbock, P.O. Box 2824, Lubbock 79408.
Contributed on 2/19/20 by neldapat
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