Major Jay Wilks Cowan, 76, of Gilbert, Ariz., died in August of 2020 in Gilbert, Ariz. He was born in May of 1944, in Hutchinson, the son of Clarence “Bus” Ridenour Cowan and Mary Evelyn (Wilks) Cowan. He was a graduate of Emporia High School in 1962, and attended Emporia State ...