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William “Bill” Clinton Cowden age 75 of Greenville, Alabama died on Monday, February 28, 2022 at his residence. A memorial service will be held in his honor on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Pleasant Home Baptist Church in Brantley, Alabama.

Bill was born on June 29, 1946 in Norton, Virginia to Jesse and Mary Norris Cowden. He attended John B. Burton Highschool then went on to join the Navy as an Ordinance Specialist. He also serviced as a Police Office for the City of Greenville, Alabama before retiring from the Mobile Home Industry as a self-employed contractor.

Bill is preceded in death by his parents, Jesse R. Cowden and Mary Irene Norris Cowden; granddaughter, Brianna Wayton. He is survived by his life partner, Shirley Richardson of Greenville, AL; his children, Brittany Cowden of Tifton, GA and her mother Diane Cowden Young, Charles (Clark) Cain II of Canton, GA, Angie Jackson of Bufula, GA, Jeff Cain of Kennesaw, GA Teresa Cain of Hawthorne, GA and their mother Sue Cowden – Hill, Kent Layton of Albany, GA, Daphne King of Orange Beach, AL, Ashley Conway of Gulf Shores, AL; siblings, James Harold Cowden of Kingsport, TN, Loretta Jean Stidham of Norton, VA, Joyce Ann Watts of Kingsport, TN, Jackie Ray Cowden of Covington, GA; special grandchild, Charles (Chad) W. Cain III of Decatur, AL; great granddaughter, Calla Burch; along with numerous nieces, nephews and family.