Jimmy Mccowan

Funeral services for Mr. Jimmy Earl McCowan, 78 of Mt. Juliet will be held Saturday May 7th at 1 pm in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with Roger Hall officiating. Interment, with Military Honors, will follow in Harris Chapel Cemetery in Overton County. His family will receive friends Friday from 5 pm until 8 pm and Saturday from 12 noon until service time at the funeral home. Jimmy died Saturday evening April 30, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family he loved dearly. He was born Saturday January 1, 1944 in Overton County, Tennessee to the late Silas and Allie Mae (Wilson) McCowan. Jimmy was a 1961 graduate of Rickman High School and joined the U.S. Army the same year. He retired as a Deputy Division Chief with the Central Intelligence Agency. During his 33 year Army and CIA career, he received numerous awards and recognitions including the Exceptional Performance Award Career Intelligence Medal; the Certificate of Distinction Award; and the Office of Technical Collection Medallion. Jimmy founded Cedar Chapel Woodworks, LLC. and his son, Kevin carries on the family business. He had many interests including genealogy, woodworking, reading, and most of all his family. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Harlie McCowan; sister, Mildred Phillips; brother-in-law, Horace Howard; and sister-in-law, Elizabeth McCowan. Survivors include his wife of over sixty years, Bennie Ruth (Looper) McCowan (whom he married December 26, 1961 in Crossville, TN); two sons and daughters-in-law, Terry and Sarah McCowan of Kingston Springs, TN; Kevin and Amanda McCowan of Lebanon, TN; the grandchildren he loved dearly, Caitlin (Nick) Sampson, Kelsey (Jonathan) Greathouse, John, Patrick, and Ashley McCowan; great grandchildren, Benjamin Sampson and Haley Greathouse; brothers, Fred (Sylvia) McCowan, Estle McCowan, and Carlie (Joanne) McCowan; sister, Evelyn Howard; sister-in-law Gail McCowan, and many special family members including nieces, nephews, cousins, and numerous friends. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931) 526-6111. You may share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfuenrals.com.