Lester Purvis Cowart
A Masonic graveside service will be held for Lester Cowart, 79, of Silsbee at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Ferrell Cemetery in Tyler County. The service will be conducted by Silsbee Masonic Lodge 927. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon on Saturday.
Mr. Cowart died July 18, 2007 at his home.
A longtime Silsbee resident, he was a native of Colmesneil and was a retired logger. Mr. Cowart proudly served his country in WW II in the U.S. Army.
Survivors include son John Cowart and wife Connie of Silsbee; daughter LaNell Morold and husband Karl of Plano; brothers Robert Cowart of Colmesneil and Raymond Cowart of Corrigan; sister Maxine Kim of Paris, TX; grandchildren Charles Cowart, William Cowart, Shannon Cowart, Danielle Chance, Autumn Dixon and Damon Dixon; great grandchildren Sydney and Cody Dixon and Joshu