John L McGowin

John L McGowin obituary, North Eustis, FL

John L McGowin

John McGowin Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Lakeside Memory Gardens on Feb. 14, 2024.

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Born to Bernard and Mae McGowin in Dade City, Florida on August 30, 1941. He was a United States Marine Corps Veteran of Cuban Missile Crisis. He was a disabled veteran. He moved to Orlando, Florida in 1965, and married Diana Friel Wyrick in 1967. He was a 34-year retiree of Lockheed Martin Aerospace Corporation, Orlando Division, moving to Eustis in 1998.
He was a member of Lutheran Church ELCA, Blue Lodge Freemasonry, 32nd Degree Scottish Rite, The National Rifle Association, and was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled Veterans Association. His hobbies included raising parrots, orchids and had a great humane love of all animals.
He is predeceased in death by his wife Diana L. McGowin, parents, and brothers David and Everette.
He is survived by his son Spencer W. McGowin; stepdaughter Amy Lynn Wyrick Jones (and her husband Steve) of Crestwood, Kentucky; four step grandsons: Jereme Wyrick, Steven Wyrick, Steven Jones, and Jonathan Jones; and currently five great grandchildren.
A service will be held Saturday February 17, 2024 at 11 AM at Hamlin & Hilbish Funeral home with a visitation of family and friends prior starting at 10:30 AM. He will be laid to rest at Lakeside Memory Gardens immediately following the service.

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36601 Country Road 19-A, North Eustis, FL 32726

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