FRIDAY APRIL 19, 1968
Thomas Monroe COWAN, 67, retired farmer, died at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in King’s Daughters Nursing Home in Memphis, which he entered three years ago after long illness. Services were Thursday in Ripley Funeral Home, burial in Mary’s Chapel Cemetery. He leaves his brother, Jack COWAN and his sister, Mrs. Aaron V. McBROOM, both of Ripley.

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