Gowan, Miriam April 2, 1914 March 3, 2008 Miriam Baker Dunn Gowan, 93, passed away on Monday at Carington Health Center in Huntsville. She had been a resident of Huntsville since 1939. Mrs. Gowan was born in Robinson Springs to Perry A. and Myriam McGee Dunn. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Jesse Sam Gowan, a dentist; a son, Jesse Paul Gowan; a grandson, Paul Alan Gowan; and a brother, Perry A. Dunn Jr. Mrs. Gowan is survived by a brother, Harold Dunn and wife, Martha of Montgomery; a daughter, Jo Anna Gowan Burkett and husband William; and a son, Joe Perry Gowan of Huntsville. Grandchildren who survive her are: Earl Burkett and wife Jennifer, Martha Burkett Waldrup and husband Jerry, Audra Gowan Wilson, all of Huntsville, David Gowan of Nevada, and Brandi Gowan Grove of Virginia; and 10 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Gowan graduated from the University of Montevallo and earned a master's degree from the University of Alabama. She was in the education field in Elmore and Madison counties and taught in the Huntsville City Schools for several years. She was charter president of the Huntsville Pilot Club, past president of East Clinton P.T.A. and Huntsville City Council of P.T.A.s, active in Girl and Boy Scouts and was the first building chairman of the Girl Scout Camp on Lake Guntersville. She was a member of First Baptist Church and a former Sunday school teacher. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Family Care, 3304 Westmill Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805 or First Baptist Church of Huntsville. The funeral will be graveside at 2 p.m. Thursday at Maple Hill Cemetery with Dr. Greg Corbin officiating. Laughlin Service Funeral Home is assisting the family.
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