Mary Ellen Cowan Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Mary Ellen Cowan (Jonesborough, Tennessee), born in Johnson City, Tennessee, who passed away on December 23, 2019 at the age of 79. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Mary Ellen Cowan to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, James Thomas and Beulah Vashti Godsey (Sutphin); her brothers, Ralph Edward Godsey and David Lowry Godsey; and her granddaughter Heather Pate Rutledge.
She is survived by: her husband William T. Cowan; her brothers, James Thomas "Bud" Godsey Jr. of Illinois, Richard Allen Godsey of Johnson City, John Calvin Godsey of Jonesborough and Michael Blaine Godsey of Florida; her children, Tommy Ray Cowan (Laura Cowan) of Elizabethton and Kathy Darlene Waldrop (Robert William Miller) of Jonesborough; and her grandchildren, Valerie Cowan Hyatt, Thomas Cowan, Amber Pate, Whittney Pate Rutledge, Jennifer Stewart Reed, Kimberly Marshall and Karen Conkin.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the reconstruction of the old Sinking Creek Baptist Church, 2313 Elizabethton Hwy, Johnson City, TN 37601.