B. Cowart.
Investigator B. Cowart suffered a fatal heart attack after being assaulted by a prisoner at the Clay County Jail.
He was assisting West Point police officers with a civil rights march of students at Mississippi State University and was searching for a student who had been arrested for blocking a sidewalk. The student suddenly spun around, grabbed Investigator Cowart, and pushed him to the ground. Investigator Cowart suffered a heart attack and was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The student was charged with manslaughter, but the charges were later dismissed.
Investigator Cowart was a United States Army World War II veteran and had served with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety for 19 years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Investigator Cowart gave the Mississippi Department of Public Safety 19 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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