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Timothy Lee “Tim” Cowan

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Timothy Lee “Tim” Cowan

Birth
Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA
Death
22 Mar 1984 (aged 33)
Johnson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
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Timothy Lee Young Cowan
Timothy Lee Young Cowan was born February 4, 1951 in Seattle, Washington to Jack and Bobbie Imogene Young. When he was eight years old his mother was killed when her car went into Puget Sound in Seattle. His uncle and aunt, N.L. Cowan Jr. and Wanda Cowan took him to Cleburne, Texas for the funeral of his mother. He was adopted by his maternal grandparents, N.L. Cowan, Sr. and MedaBelle Cowan. He attended Cleburne Public Schools until his grandparents moved to Naselle, Washington where he finished his junior and senior year. He graduated in 1968 from Naselle High School where his uncle N.L. Cowan, Jr. was principal.
He served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter pilot in Korea in the early 1970s. He was killed in a plane crash near Merida, Mexico on the Yucatan peninsula on March 22, 1984. He is survived by his son, Timothy Shawn Cowan, his grandmother MedaBelle Cowan, and his uncle and aunt N.L. Cowan Jr. and Wanda Cowan and two cousins, Cindi and Janis Cowan. He was interred in the Cowan family plot in Rose Hill Cemetery, Cleburne, Texas.
Timothy Lee Young Cowan
Timothy Lee Young Cowan was born February 4, 1951 in Seattle, Washington to Jack and Bobbie Imogene Young. When he was eight years old his mother was killed when her car went into Puget Sound in Seattle. His uncle and aunt, N.L. Cowan Jr. and Wanda Cowan took him to Cleburne, Texas for the funeral of his mother. He was adopted by his maternal grandparents, N.L. Cowan, Sr. and MedaBelle Cowan. He attended Cleburne Public Schools until his grandparents moved to Naselle, Washington where he finished his junior and senior year. He graduated in 1968 from Naselle High School where his uncle N.L. Cowan, Jr. was principal.
He served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter pilot in Korea in the early 1970s. He was killed in a plane crash near Merida, Mexico on the Yucatan peninsula on March 22, 1984. He is survived by his son, Timothy Shawn Cowan, his grandmother MedaBelle Cowan, and his uncle and aunt N.L. Cowan Jr. and Wanda Cowan and two cousins, Cindi and Janis Cowan. He was interred in the Cowan family plot in Rose Hill Cemetery, Cleburne, Texas.

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  • Added: May 29, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90940524/timothy_lee-cowan: accessed ), memorial page for Timothy Lee “Tim” Cowan (4 Feb 1951–22 Mar 1984), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90940524, citing Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA; Maintained by gene (contributor 47806011).