Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cowherd , age 84 of Lebanon, KY, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born on September 8, 1928 in Marion County, KY. Mrs. Cowherd was a homemaker, and attended Bank Chapel AME Zion Church until it's closing. She was currently a member of the Sherman Chapel AME Zion Church.

She is preceded in death by parents. Robert and Mary Sanders Cowherd; daughter, Anna Anderson; two sister and five brothers.

Survivors include daughter, Patricia Ann Cowherd, of Lebanon, KY; two sons, Charles (Mary Jane) Cowherd, of Bowling Green, KY, Carl Cowherd, of Lebanon, KY; three sisters, Ella Mae Johnson, Annie Kate Gowdy, Nellie Atkinson, all of Louisville, KY; brother, Walter "Stake" (Roszella) Cowherd, of Louisville, KY. Also surviving are fourteen grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Bosley Funeral Home. Interment will be in Ryder Cemetery.

Visitations will be held after 5:00 p.m. Saturday at Bosley Funeral Home.