Barney Cowart

August 27, 1932 - September 22, 2017

Services for Barney Cowart, age 85 of Lindale, are scheduled for 10:00 AM Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale with Bro. Byron Howard, Bro. Jamie Cowart, and Bro. Dennie Burks officiating. Private family interment will follow at the Dover Cemetery. Mr. Cowart was born in the Mt. Sylvan Community on August 27, 1932 to the late Otto and Willie Lee Cowart. Mr. Cowart was raised in Mineola where he attended school. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1951, serving on the USS Rupertus DD851 during the Korean War. He moved back to Tyler in 1955 after he got out of the Navy. He moved to Lindale in 1959 and retired from General Electric (Trane) after 32 years. Mr. Cowart was a member of the Central Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Lindale Masonic Lodge #848 and the Mt. Sylvan Masonic Lodge #764. Mr. Cowart became a Master Mason in 1959, the District Grandmaster in 1977 and was previously the Worshipful Master of both the Lindale and Mt. Sylvan Masonic lodges. Mr. Cowart was preceded in death by his wife and mother of his three sons, Marjorie R. Cowart, on August 21, 1995. He is survived by his wife, Mary Alice Cowart of Lindale; 3 sons, Jamie Cowart and wife, Brenda of Lindale; Jerry Cowart and wife, Terri of Brandon, MS; Bill Cowart and wife, Pam of Dallas; step-daughter, Bobbie Burks and husband, Dennie of Tyler; sister, Ida Mae Books of Lindale; 8 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Monday, September 25, 2017 at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale. Memorials may be made to the Lindale Central Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 245 Lindale, Texas 75771.