Graveside Rites for Cowsert Set
Died 02/1970

William Stone "Bill" Cowsert, a native of Starkville,
died early Saturday of an apparent heart attack at his
home in Macon, GA.  He was 42 years old.

Memorial Services were held in Macon Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
under the direction of Harts Mortuary.  Graveside services
will be at Oddfellows Cemetery in Starkville at 11 a.m. Tuesday,
Welch Funeral Home in Charge.

Mr. Cowsert, a 1950 graduate of Mississippi State University,
was the sales director for Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance Companies.
He was a chartered life underwriter, an elder of North Minister
Presbyterian Church of Macon, superintendent of church school,
and active in numerous civic projects.

He had been with Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Company and
lived in Jackson until 1964 when he transferred to Georgia.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virginia Veitch Cowsert; a daughter,
Claire, and three sons, Bill, Jr., Tom and Jim; his father, William Cowsert
of Starkville; three sisters, Mrs. Warren Oakley and Mrs. John White,
both of Starkville, and Mrs. Sue Harper of Ukiah, Calif.

Any memorials should be made to the Memorial Building Fund of 
North Minister Presbyterian Church, Macon.

Transcribed by C. L. Herrick on June 22, 2008