Dorothy Burleson Cowles Of South Carolina Dies January 7

Dorothy Burleson Cowles died January 7, 2020, at her home in The Bay Club, at the Cypress, on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. She was 91.

Born on December 7, 1928, in San Jose California, to Ethel Landstrom Burleson and Alfred Manning Burleson, she attended San Jose State University and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. She married Carroll “Cal” Jackson Cowles on December 18, 1948. They moved around the country because of job-related transfers with his career at Parke Davis & Co. and Warner Lambert. They lived in San Francisco; Honolulu; Fremont, California; Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan; Los Altos, California; Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan; and Morristown, New Jersey, before retiring in Hilton Head in July 1986.

Mr. Cowles died in 1993.

Mrs. Cowles lived in the Bay Club for 14 years, a move she said was one of her best decisions because of the many friendships she made and the community of neighbors she met.

She was a member of the first board of directors at Volunteers in Medicine. She was a member of the Altar Guild and the Flower Guild at All Saints Episcopal Church, a church she and Mr. Cowles helped to found. She belonged to Bear Creek Golf Club, where she was amazed to have had two holes-in-one. She belonged to the South Carolina Yacht Club, where she enjoyed playing bridge. She also did some tutoring at the Hilton Head Primary School.

Mrs. Cowles is survived by her daughter, Jane Cowles Horton and husband George Shortland Horton II of England; her son, James Charles Cowles and wife Kathryn Cowles of London, Southampton (New York), and Teton Village, Wyoming; and by four grandchildren, George Shortland Horton III and wife Louise Horton of London, Nicholas Cowles Horton of Los Angeles, India Elizabeth Cowles of Philadelphia, and Charlotte Aynsley Winifred Cowles of Washington, D.C. She is also survived by two great-grandchildren, Marcus and Josephine Horton. Her sister, Marjorie Burleson Rice of California, predeceased her last year.

A memorial service will be held at All Saints Episcopal Church in South Carolina on Saturday, February 22, at 11 a.m.

Memorial donations may be made to All Saints Episcopal Church, 3001 Meeting Street, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926; Volunteers in Medicine, 15 Northridge Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926 or H.O.P.E. Life, Lymphoedema and Rehabilitation, 60 Main Street, Suite G, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926.

Island Funeral Home in South Carolina is in charge of arrangements.