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MAj. JESSIE Rfc®wmm* A
. BAY ST. LOUIS — Retire^T Maj.	R.
, Cowand Sr., 72, died Tues<^^	lul	Hospital
in Norfolk, Va. He was a^ormlKc«OflH of Bay . St. Louis and had graduated flcil Mississippi A&M College in electrical engi^/riny He was a «	member of the Army Signal Corps and a veteran
-	of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
. Eloise Jones Cowand of Norfolk; one son, Jesse R. Cowand Jr. of Virginia Beach, Va.; one daugh-.	ter, Mrs. Ed (Eugenia) McClelland of Arlington,
.	Va.; five brothers, Carl Cowand of Metairie, La.,
Elliott Cowand of New Orleans, Malcolm Cowand . of Bay St. Louis, Hubert Cowand and Glen Cowand of Spring, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Helene Price of Bay St. Louis, Miss Ruby Cowand of Gulfport and Mrs. J.R. (Eulalie) Jordy of Livingston, Texas; and three grandchildren. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the Riemann-Fahey i Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis. Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel, followed by burial in the Cowand Cemetery.