Richard Eugene Cousins, long time resident of Fort Smith, AR died September 16, 2014 in the Medical Center of Southern Arkansas.
Born to Herman and Charlotte Cousins in Little Rock on June 22, 1924 he graduated from Little Rock High School in 1942.
He served in the US Navy during WW2 in the Pacific as a radar man.
He attended Hendrix College in Conway, AR graduating in the class of 1948.
He worked many years as a Sentry Insurance salesman in the Fort Smith area and attended First Baptist Church, Fort Smith. He served on the camera crew there for forty years. He enjoyed fishing, computers, and photography as hobbies. He recently enjoyed his 90th birthday party while living at the Timberlane Health and Rehab facility in El Dorado.
He is preceded in death by his parents, his brother Lawrence Cousins, and his (dear, beloved) wife Clarice and her brother Clyde Swann.
He is survived by his two sons Rick (Lynn) of TX, and Steve (Janet) of El Dorado; five grandchildren, Mari (and her two sons), Scott (and his daughter) all of Texas, and David (Anne), Sarah, and Erin of Arkansas.
Military Services will be held at 2 P.M. Friday, September 19, 2014 at the Veterans National Cemetery in Ft. Smith Arkansas with Pastors Dale Thompson and Mark Weaver officiating under the direction of Perry's Funeral Chapels of El Dorado.