William Maloy Cowper

WILLIAM MALOY COWPER, 96, OF 389 TRAMMEL ROAD, CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED TUESDAY DECEMBER 23, 2008 AT 9:00 PM IN THE CARRIER MILLS NURSING HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY DECEMBER 27, 2008 AT 11 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AFTER 9 AM UNTIL SERVICE TIME. BURIAL WILL BE IN LAKEVIEW CEMETERY AND REV. OWNLY WILLIAMS AND REV. DONNIE DUNCAN WILL OFFICIATE. HE WAS BORN ON MARCH 4, 1912 IN SMITHLAND, KY TO THE LATE GALBERT AND IVA (MILES) COWPER. HE MARRIED EVANGELENE FOREMAN AND SHE PRECEDED IN DEATH IN 1970. HE WAS A RETIRED COAL MINER, FARMER AND SANITATION ENGINEER. HE IS SURVIVED BY 5 DAUGHTERS: MARGARET COVINGTON, WANDA LOUISE CHAPMAN AND SONYA MARIE COWPER ALL OF ALTON, IL; MARY MAGGALINE DAY AND LISA KURO BOTH OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; 3 SONS: ROBERT COWPER, CLIFFORD COWPER AND WILLIAM COWPER JR. ALL OF CARRIER MILLS,IL; 2 BROTHERS: CHARLES COWPER AND FRED COWPER BOTH OF PADUCAH, KY; A SISTER: DOROTHY BAKER OF NASHVILLE, TN; 19 GRANDCHILDREN; AND 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE EVANGELENE COWPER; 2 BROTHERS, 2 SISTERS AND 2 GRANDSONS..