From the grandson of Doris Bruce Lawhon Cowart, son of her third child Michael Lynn Cowart. Doris’s birth parents were John Henry Bruce and Edna Drusilla Lawhon, who died four months after giving birth to Doris. At Edna’s insistence, John Henry Bruce allowed Edna’s brother, Isaac Wesley, to adopt Doris. So, while Isaac Wesley was Doris’s father under the law, his blood relationship was actually that of maternal uncle. Doris had a full-blooded sister, Dorothy Bruce Moore, who was raised (at least in part) by John Henry Bruce and was not given up for adoption.
OBITUARY
Doris Lawhon Cowart, of Oakhurst, was born Oct. 21, 1919, to Judge and Mrs. I. W. Lawhon of Beaumont, Texas. She graduated from Beaumont High School in 1936 and from Sam Houston State University in 1940.
Doris is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Lawrence Cowart of Oakhurst; four children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederecy and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas of which she served as District VI Representative from 1979 to 1981 and as Tresaurer General from 1981 to 1983. She was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and the Daughters of the King.
Services for Mrs. Cowart will be held at 2 pm Wednesday, Februry 2, 2005 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Huntsville. Burial will follow at St. Capers Cemetery in Staley, Texas under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to St. Stevens's Episcopal Church in Huntsville, Texas or to the charity of your choice.
NOTE: Mrs. Cowart was the founding president of the CO-LON-NEH Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. At the time of her death she was serving as Chapter Chaplin.
OBITUARY
Doris Lawhon Cowart, of Oakhurst, was born Oct. 21, 1919, to Judge and Mrs. I. W. Lawhon of Beaumont, Texas. She graduated from Beaumont High School in 1936 and from Sam Houston State University in 1940.
Doris is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Lawrence Cowart of Oakhurst; four children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederecy and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas of which she served as District VI Representative from 1979 to 1981 and as Tresaurer General from 1981 to 1983. She was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and the Daughters of the King.
Services for Mrs. Cowart will be held at 2 pm Wednesday, Februry 2, 2005 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Huntsville. Burial will follow at St. Capers Cemetery in Staley, Texas under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to St. Stevens's Episcopal Church in Huntsville, Texas or to the charity of your choice.
NOTE: Mrs. Cowart was the founding president of the CO-LON-NEH Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. At the time of her death she was serving as Chapter Chaplin.
From the grandson of Doris Bruce Lawhon Cowart, son of her third child Michael Lynn Cowart. Doris’s birth parents were John Henry Bruce and Edna Drusilla Lawhon, who died four months after giving birth to Doris. At Edna’s insistence, John Henry Bruce allowed Edna’s brother, Isaac Wesley, to adopt Doris. So, while Isaac Wesley was Doris’s father under the law, his blood relationship was actually that of maternal uncle. Doris had a full-blooded sister, Dorothy Bruce Moore, who was raised (at least in part) by John Henry Bruce and was not given up for adoption.
OBITUARY
Doris Lawhon Cowart, of Oakhurst, was born Oct. 21, 1919, to Judge and Mrs. I. W. Lawhon of Beaumont, Texas. She graduated from Beaumont High School in 1936 and from Sam Houston State University in 1940.
Doris is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Lawrence Cowart of Oakhurst; four children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederecy and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas of which she served as District VI Representative from 1979 to 1981 and as Tresaurer General from 1981 to 1983. She was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and the Daughters of the King.
Services for Mrs. Cowart will be held at 2 pm Wednesday, Februry 2, 2005 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Huntsville. Burial will follow at St. Capers Cemetery in Staley, Texas under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to St. Stevens's Episcopal Church in Huntsville, Texas or to the charity of your choice.
NOTE: Mrs. Cowart was the founding president of the CO-LON-NEH Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. At the time of her death she was serving as Chapter Chaplin.
OBITUARY
Doris Lawhon Cowart, of Oakhurst, was born Oct. 21, 1919, to Judge and Mrs. I. W. Lawhon of Beaumont, Texas. She graduated from Beaumont High School in 1936 and from Sam Houston State University in 1940.
Doris is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Lawrence Cowart of Oakhurst; four children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederecy and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas of which she served as District VI Representative from 1979 to 1981 and as Tresaurer General from 1981 to 1983. She was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and the Daughters of the King.
Services for Mrs. Cowart will be held at 2 pm Wednesday, Februry 2, 2005 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Huntsville. Burial will follow at St. Capers Cemetery in Staley, Texas under the direction of Huntsville Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to St. Stevens's Episcopal Church in Huntsville, Texas or to the charity of your choice.
NOTE: Mrs. Cowart was the founding president of the CO-LON-NEH Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. At the time of her death she was serving as Chapter Chaplin.
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