Individual Details
Raymond Carl Cowan
(11 Jul 1926 - 21 Sep 1958)
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Raymond Carl Cowan
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1926
Birth Place: McIntosh, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Eufaula, Mcintosh, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 11 Jul 1944
Employer: J A Cowan
Weight: 136
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 4
Next of Kin: J A Cowan
Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California, Tuesday, September 23, 1958, Page 31, Col. 3: Cowan, Raymond Carl---Funeral services for Raymond Carl Cowan, 32 will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Arvin Full Gospel Tabernacle under the direction of the H. R. Borgsdorf Mortuary. The Rev. T. W. Hall, pastor of the Pentecostal Church of God in Bakersfield, will officiate and interment will follow in Union Cemetery. Mr. Cowan was born in Eufaula , Okla., on July 11, 1926, and had lived in this area for the past three years, residing on the Flick Ranch in Edison. He died Sept. 21. Survivors include his widow, Dorothy; daughters, Patricia, Linda and Trevia, son, Raymond Jr.; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cowan of Marvel*, Ark.; sisters, Mrs. Velma Peters, Miss Dalca May [Delka Mae] Cowan and Miss Wilma Cowan of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Wylina [Wylena] Burns of Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Oleta Jackson of Marvel*, Ark.; brothers, Leroy Cowan of Casa Grande, Ariz., and James Cowan of Marvel*, Ark.; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lydia Guinn of Eufauly [Eufaula], Okla.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
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Name: Raymond Carl Cowan
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1926
Birth Place: McIntosh, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Eufaula, Mcintosh, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 11 Jul 1944
Employer: J A Cowan
Weight: 136
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 4
Next of Kin: J A Cowan
Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California, Tuesday, September 23, 1958, Page 31, Col. 3: Cowan, Raymond Carl---Funeral services for Raymond Carl Cowan, 32 will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Arvin Full Gospel Tabernacle under the direction of the H. R. Borgsdorf Mortuary. The Rev. T. W. Hall, pastor of the Pentecostal Church of God in Bakersfield, will officiate and interment will follow in Union Cemetery. Mr. Cowan was born in Eufaula , Okla., on July 11, 1926, and had lived in this area for the past three years, residing on the Flick Ranch in Edison. He died Sept. 21. Survivors include his widow, Dorothy; daughters, Patricia, Linda and Trevia, son, Raymond Jr.; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cowan of Marvel*, Ark.; sisters, Mrs. Velma Peters, Miss Dalca May [Delka Mae] Cowan and Miss Wilma Cowan of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Wylina [Wylena] Burns of Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Oleta Jackson of Marvel*, Ark.; brothers, Leroy Cowan of Casa Grande, Ariz., and James Cowan of Marvel*, Ark.; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lydia Guinn of Eufauly [Eufaula], Okla.; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
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Events
| Birth | 11 Jul 1926 | Eufaula, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma |  | ||
| Marriage | 6 Dec 1949 | No county listed, Arkansas - Dorothy Jean Burr | | ||
| Death | 21 Sep 1958 | Arvin, Kern Co., California | | ||
| Burial | AKA Bakersfield Memorial Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern Co., California | |
Families
| Spouse | Dorothy Jean Burr ( - ) |
| Child | Patricia Cowan ( - ) |
| Child | Linda Cowan ( - ) |
| Child | Trevia Cowan ( - ) |
| Child | Raymond Carl Cowan Jr. (1956 - ) |
| Father | Julious Alva Cowan (1901 - 1965) |
| Mother | Ruth Louisa Guinn (1903 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Oleta Imogene Cowan (1923 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Velma Loeta Cowan (1925 - 2004) |
| Sibling | Wylena Cowan (1928 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Delka Mae Cowan (1930 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Leroy Cowan (1932 - 2016) |
| Sibling | Wilma Dean Cowan (1935 - 2016) |
| Sibling | James C. Cowan (1940 - 2016) |
Endnotes
1. 1940 Census McIntosh Co., Oklahoma.
2. Dr. Michael S. Cole, Cowan Connections (n.p: 1994, n.d), Page 143.
3. Obituary of Raymond Carl Cowan, Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California, Tuesday, September 23, 1958, Page 31, Col. 3.
4. Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957.
5. Dr. Michael S. Cole, Cowan Connections (n.p: 1994, n.d), Page 143.
6. Obituary of Raymond Carl Cowan, Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California, Tuesday, September 23, 1958, Page 31, Col. 3.
7. Obituary of Raymond Carl Cowan, Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California, Tuesday, September 23, 1958, Page 31, Col. 3.
8. Find A Grave.