Mrs. Julia Mae Cowan, age 71 of Colt, died Saturday, March 24, 2001, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro.
Mrs. Cowan was born Nov. 5, 1929, to William Perry Anderson and Addie Mae Hopson Anderson. She lived most of her life in this area and was a house wife and Pentecostal.
Mrs. Cowan is survived by her husband, Maburn Cowan Jr. of the home; two sons, Perry Willhite of Fulton, Miss. and Maburn Cowan III of Wynne; three daughters, Rosemary Green of Ward, Ruth Hastings of Forrest City and Terry Fay Cross of Oklahoma City, Okla.; three brothers, James Anderson of California, Robert Anderson of North Little Rock and Kenneth Anderson of Alexander; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visitation for Mrs. Cowan will be Monday, March 26, 2001, from 6 to 8 p.m., in the Chapel of Morgan Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at 2 p.m., at the Calvary Apostolic Church in Wynne with Bro. T.G. Ramsey and Bro. H.B. Gray officiating. Burial will follow in Hughes Cemetery under the direction of Morgan Funeral Home.
Mrs. Louise Huckaba, age 82 of Palestine, died Friday, March 23, 2001, at her home.
Mrs. Huckaba was born April 20, 1918, in Jacksonville, Fla. She was the daughter of Clarence McAdams and Zona Morrison McAdams. Mrs. Huckaba lived in Palestine most of her life where she was a housewife and a member of the Goodwin Baptist Church.
She married Taylor Huckaba in 1941 and he preceded her in death in 1988. She is survived by a son, Franklin Huckaba of St. Louis, Mo.; four daughters, Nellie Jumper and JoAnn Clark, both of Palestine, Joyce Holt and Janet Cronice, both of Scotland; one sister, Bobbie Nell Schultz of Leoma, Tenn; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Huckaba were held Monday, March 26, 2001, at Stevens Funeral Home. Burial followed at Bell Cemetery with Stevens Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Audrey Willene Peterson, age 73, of Forrest City, died Friday, March 23, 2001.
Mrs. Peterson was born March 5, 1928, in Sand Slough. She was the daughter of Odis "Rass" Lawson and Mary Kelso Lawson. Mrs. Peterson made her home in the Forrest City area most of her life where she was a retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone after 29 years and was a member of the Second Baptist Church.
She married Dan Peterson in 1953 and he preceded her in death in 1998, along with a son, Dan Peterson in 2000. She is survived by on son, Luther Peterson of Ft. Worth, Texas; two sisters, Jewel French and Linda Jones, both of Forrest City; five brothers, Billy Lawson and Carl Lawson, both of Colt, Charles Lawson of Pine Tree, Odis Lawson of Newcastle and Phil Lawson of Forrest City and three grandchildren.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Peterson were held on Sunday, March 25, 2001, with the Rev. Bill Thomason and Rev. Dan Minton officiating the service at Stevens Funeral Home. Burial followed at Mr. Vernon Cemetery under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.
The family requests memorials be made to the Second Baptist Church.