Deborah Jean Cossey, daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson McGowen and Pansy Eloise McGowen, was born on November 9, 1951 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and departed this life on October 8, 2021 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 69.

Mrs. Cossey was the owner and operator of a local cleaning service. Deborah liked reading her Bible. Her husband, Gary, found her prayer journal where she had documented her many prayers for family and friends. She dearly loved her grandchildren. She and Gary enjoyed playing pranks on one another and were always sharing with the kids what they were planning next.

On October 18, 2013, in Branson, Missouri she was united in marriage to Gary Wayne Cossey. Mr. Cossey survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to her husband Gary, she is survived by sons, Jeffrey Wright of Dexter; Christopher Jackson and wife Ashley of Dexter; Brad Richard and wife Lori of Peoria, Illinois; daughters, Melinda Jones and husband Michael of Springfield; Rhonda Seabaugh and husband Matt of Symsonia, Kentucky; Jeri Pritchett and husband David of Park Hills, Missouri; brother, Clifford McGowen of Dexter; sisters, Sue Williams of St. Charles, Illinois ; Robin Rayle of St. Charles, Illinois, and Becky Beach of Veneta, Oregon; twelve grandchildren; Ethan, Noah, Mya, Morgan, River, Jordan, Nicole, Hannah, Samuel, Phoenix, Nastasia, and Christian; and by eleven great - grandchildren.

Besides her parents, Debbie was preceded in death by her oldest son, Junior Wright.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

The Cossey family request that everyone please wear a mask.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.