Cowan Bourne Langston

Services for Cowan Bourne Langston, of Columbia, were 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 at Wilson Funeral Home in Monticello with burial in Society Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Langston, 79, died Aug. 28, 2005, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was born on July 5, 1926, to Jessie Joseph Langston and Eula Mae Bourne Langston.

He was a a retired mail carrier and supervisor for the U.S. Mail. He served in the Navy during World War II. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Clinton.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and one brother, Joe C. Langston.

Survivors are his wife, Kathryn Langston, of Columbia; his sons, Tommy Langston, of Clinton, and Randy Langston, of Pensacola, Fla.; his sister, Parnell Hathorn, of Monticello; his brothers, Glen Langston, of Albuquerque, N.M., and Charles Langston, of Thibodaux, La.; one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.

Published in the Daily Leader, Brookhaven, Mississippi, Internet Edition, September 07, 2005