Dorothy K. Cowan of Bowie, Maryland passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017. Dorothy is the wife of the late Handy Truitt Cowan; mother of Mark T. Cowan and his wife Sandy and Oden H. Cowan and his wife Zara; sister of the late “Baby Sis” and “Uncle Bob”; grandmother of Lee McMichael and her husband Drew and Nick, Daniel, Matthew, and Mikayla Cowan. Dorothy is also survived by seven great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends at the Robert E. Evans Funeral Home, 16000 Annapolis Road, Bowie, MD 20715 on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 from 4 to 8 pm and where a funeral service will be held at 11 am, Thursday, March 30, 2017. Interment will follow at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD.