Individual Details

Southwest Times Record, Fort Smith, Arkansas, June 7, 2006: Dwight S. Cowan, 57, of Van Buren died Monday, June 5, 2006, in a local hospital. He was a mechanic at Bekaret Steel. A member of Dora Assembly of God, U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War receiving the Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal. He was preceded in death by both parents, Leonard and Lillie Abushone Cowan. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Thursday, June 8, 2006, at Dora Assembly of God in Dora with burial at Gill Cemetery in Van Buren under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home of Van Buren. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Cowan of the home; three daughters, Jane Nichols and Liz Hogan, both of Van Buren, and Paula Claypool of Spiro; two sisters, Bonnie Davidson of Lowell and Beverly Cowan of Stilwell, Okla.; one brother, Albert Cowan of Whitedeer, Texas; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers: Grandsons, Jared Watts, Paul Nichols, A.J. Stith, T.J. Johnson, Blake Carter and Larry McNeese Jr. Honorary pallbearers: Dwight’s Bekaret Steel family.Online tributes: www.ockerfuneralhome.com. The family will visit with friends Wednesday, June 7, 2006, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ocker Funeral Home, 700 Jefferson St., Van Buren.

Birth	17 Aug 1948	Duncan, Greenlee Co., Arizona
Marriage	13 Apr 1968	Paulette Wehunt
Death	5 Jun 2006	Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas
Alt name		Dwight S. Cowan
Soc Sec No		445-46-7004
SSN issued		Oklahoma
Burial		Gill Cemetery, Van Buren, Crawford Co., Arkansas

Spouse

Paulette Wehunt ( - )

Father	Leonard Albert Cowan (1907 - 1972)
Mother	Lillie Ruth Aubuchon (1914 - 1997)
Sibling	Edward Lee Cowan (1938 - 1977)
Sibling	Bonnie Roxanne Cowan (1943 - )
Sibling	Albert Leonard Cowan (1946 - )
Sibling	Beverly Sue Cowan (1952 - )