Lou Cowan Warren

Lou Cowan Warren 96, Asheville, died Friday, May 5, 2006, at Aston Park Health Care Center following a brief illness. Mrs. Warren was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late Gus and Emma King Cowan. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roy J. Warren, by an infant daughter, Margaret Lou Warren, sisters, Lissie Cowan, Lillian Webb, and Allie Shaft, and brothers, Porter Cowan and Carroll Cowan. She was retired from Mars Manufacturing Co. and National Linen Service and was a charter member at The Chapel. Surviving are two sisters, Edna Turner of Candler and Irene Warren of Asheville; her daughter, Mary Ruth Baldwin and her husband James “Red” Albert of Asheville; grandchildren, Mike Baldwin and his wife, Martha, of Black Mountain, Danny Baldwin and his wife, Brenda, of Asheville, and Ronnie Baldwin and his wife, Tamara, of Leicester; great-grandchildren, Megan, Tanner and Chase Baldwin of Asheville, Jennifer Patton and her husband, David, of Black Mountain, and Jason Gill of Swannanoa; and great-great-grandchildren, Kannon Baldwin of Asheville and Austin Edwards and Asia Patton of Black Mountain. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. Robert E. Harris and Tim Warren officiating. Burial will be at Pisgah View Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and at other times will be at the home of Ruth Baldwin, 22 Spring Drive, Asheville. Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.