Elnora "Louise" Cowart

Elnora "Louise" Cowart, 96, of Atlantic, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Pruitt Health in Sea Level.

Her graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 28, 2020, at Atlantic Community Cemetery, officiated by Rev. Jack Colenda. Friends are welcome to attend the service. For those unable to attend, the family invites you to view the webcasting of the service through her obituary page on Munden Funeral Home’s website. In keeping with the CDC guidelines pertaining to the Coronavirus, those who are ill or at-risk (elderly, immune-compromised) are encouraged to stay home. Additionally, those who attend will be asked to bring and wear a protective mask. Help us honor the family while practicing safe measures. Friends are also encouraged to leave words of comfort to the family through the website.     (See link below for the Service Bulletin including the Order of Service.)

Louise Mason Cowart was born in Carteret County on January 7, 1924, daughter of Elnora and Worsley Mason. Louise retired from the North Dade County School System in Miami, Florida where she was a devoted schoolteacher. She and her husband, Albert, moved back to the Crystal Coast in 2004. Albert passed away 14 years ago, and in September of 2018, Louise became a resident at Pruitt Health.

She is survived by her loving nieces, Bonnie Faye Adkins and husband Eddie of Morehead City and Rachel Brickhouse and husband Dennis of Atlantic; nephews, Jimmy Cowart of Florida, John Cowart, Charles Mason and Rodney Mason, both of Ocracoke; and several more nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Albert Grady Cowart; two brothers, Nathaniel Randolph Mason and Charles Romaine Mason; and niece, Paula Lynn Mason.

The family would like to thank the staff at Pruitt Health for their constant care and support.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to Atlantic United Methodist Church, Senior Luncheon, at P.O. Box 145, Atlantic, NC 28511.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home and Crematory in Morehead City, NC.