Troy Cowan, age 93 of Whitley City, Kentucky, departed this life on Saturday,  at Lake Cumberland Regional  Hospital.

He was born on July 28, 1918 in Kidder, Kentucky to the late James W. and Annie Hardwick Cowan.  He served in the United States Army during WWII in France, West Virginia and Alaska.  He was of the Baptist faith.  He was a self-employed truck driver. 

He is survived by a son, Troy Michael “Mike” Cowan of Whitley City, KY; two special daughters, Ruth Ann Thompson of Burnside, KY and Violet Dyer of Somerset, KY; two grandchildren, Matthew Troy Cowan and Keith Jacob Cowan; one great grandchild, Noah James Cowan;  one brother, Grover (and Phyllis) Cowan of Seattle, WA; thirteen special nieces and nephews, Charles (and Judy), James, Kenneth (and Janie), Ruth Ann (and Cressel), Lloyd (and Mary), Jimmy (and Gayla), Sue (and Larry), Patsy (and Lewis), Bruce, Steve (and Debbie), Dana (and Pam), Patricia and Suzelle. 

Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Opal Vaughn Cowan, whom he married on August 19, 1956 in Rossville, GA; a grandchild, James Kerry (Jamie) Cowan; four brothers, Charlie (and Alma) Cowan, Olen (and Denney) Cowan, Estel (and Hettie) Cowan and Robert Cowan; and one sister, Monta Steigerwalt.

Visitation will be Wednesday, September 14, 2011 after 6:00 pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway 80, Somerset, Kentucky. 

Funeral service will be held on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 12:00 noon at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Kenny McKinney and Brother Larry Butte officiating.  Burial will be in the Mill Springs National Cemetery.  American Legion Post #38 will conduct full honors.  Pallbearers will be Bruce Watters, Jeff Kidd, Bradley Coffey, Larry Wesley, Bruce Cowan, Eddie (Bear) Stephens, Terry “Tank” Lawson and James Ball.  Honorary pallbearers will be J. P. Meadows, Billy Hayes, Kenneth Cowan, Richard Billingsley, Darrell King, Ronnie Vaughn, Dexter McKinney, Tim Stephens, Boris Haynes, Leslie Cowan, Ginny Rohrback, Katherine Thompson, Herb Lucas, Mikey Pennington, J. Bill Sosh, Andy Anderson and Steve Cowan, as well as all Wal-Mart drivers and personnel from Mike’s Wal-Mart family at London, Kentucky and Midway, Tennessee. 

The family request expressions of sympathy be made to the Gideon Memorial Bible Fund, P. O. Box 27, Somerset, KY 42502 and/or McCreary County Health & Rehab.