Residents invited to pay respects to late DeSoto Mayor Curtistene McCowan in funeral procession

Late DeSoto Mayor Curtistene McCowan will be laid to rest Friday after private funeral services at the Kirkwood Temple CME Church in Dallas.

While the 11 a.m. funeral will be closed to the public because of size limitations at the church and COVID-19 precautions, residents are invited to pay their final respects to McCowan during the funeral procession to DeSoto’s Holy Redeemer Cemetery.

The city will announce the movement of the procession via its Facebook and Twitter platforms: City of DeSoto and DeSotoTX, and the route is detailed below:

• Exit west side of Kirkwood Temple CME Church parking lot onto northbound 67 service road
• Go Northbound on service road merging onto Loop 12/Ledbetter Rd (right) for a short distance
• Take the Cedar Falls Drive (right) over to Polk St
• South on Polk Street all the way to East Pleasant Run Road
• Right (west) on Pleasant Run Road to Hampton Road, slowing down as motorcade passes City Hall at DeSoto Town Center.
• Left (south) on Hampton Road to Bear Creek Road
• Right (west) on Bear Creek Road to Majestic Meadow Dr (right/north) passing Curtistene S. McCowan Middle School
• Right (east) on Wynnewood Drive back to South Westmoreland Road
• Left on South Westmoreland Road to Holy Redeemer Cemetery at 1500 S. Westmoreland Road