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Mrs. Cowand now lives in an attractive white brick home on Highland Drive with her daughter, Mrs. Helene Price. For many years Julia Street was "home" to Mrs. Cowand, conveniently located near the carefully tended Cowand private cemetery located on Leopold. Hurricane Camille destroyed much of the Julia Street property — a tract that ran all the way from the Beach Front to the Jourdan River. The land has since been divided and a part is being developed by the famed Pete Fountain. A son, Malcolm Cowand, strll retains a residence on Julia Street Mrs. Cowand's remarkable memory aided by scrapbook clippings has served as an excellent source of history for journalist of Hancock County. She was able to give accurate information about the oldest existing home in Bay St. Louis, now owned and occupied by the Hunter
S.	Kimbroughs, and located at 806 North Beach. She recalls some of the early industries — bottle works, oyster factory — canning plant — Indian legend and lore and much, much more.
Although the Cowand children are scattered from New Orleans to Virginia and from the Gulfcoast to Texas they are a close knit group and keep in continuous contact with the matriarch whose workable JSKJCXSOtftJSKJCX philosophy and cheerful adaptabion to all stages of life has been a continuous inspiration. Children include :
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