In loving memory of Barry Cowell who sadly passed away on 5th March 2026. Our dad could be remembered for many things, his love of Formula1, bait digging, fishing, 5* cooking, or the fact he could talk the hind legs off a donkey. He was loved by many family and friends. If you’ve met him you can’t forget him. His family would like to invite you to his funeral on Thursday 9th of April 2026. We will be leaving from his home on Eastern Esplanade approximately 10:30am, the corner of Chelsea Avenue SS12YH, travelling via Southend seafront to St. Helen’s Church, Milton Road SS07JP where a service will be held at 11am. The burial will be taking place at Sutton Road Cemetery SS25PX at approximately 12:15, following this we will be holding a wake at Ambleside Social Club (sports bar) SS12UP from 1pm. We would love as many people to come and pay their respects and share their memories of our dad with us. We kindly request no further flowers and any donations to be made to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) link attached, A charity Barry chose, mainly for being out at sea his whole life and secondly as payment for stalking the lifeboat station for the past however many years with his binoculars, I think we can all agree he never missed an event! He was forever grateful for the work RNLI did. Thank you for all your kind messages, calls and thoughts the family have received since he sadly passed away. It’s with a heavy heart we are writing these messages and being old school we don’t have all year to go through his address book so please pass the message to those who knew him that they are all welcome x x x
Barry was a true character always good for a laugh with his jokes He loved going and watching the F1 racing, especially the Porsches. He was an outstanding fisherman, and was well known on that circle. He will be sorely missed, but not forgotten. RIP Bazza. Ian and Julie and the Australian contingent.
Barry was a great member of the family Kevin and I always knew if we were meeting up with Barry we were in for first class homemade! slap up meal, hours of laughter and great conversation Barry you are sorely missed but live in our hearts forever R.I.P. ❤️
Well said Maryanne 👏
Great photo, we had a lot of fun that day, Barry thought he was a bit of a Rambo...
I’ve known Barry so many years and have traveled all over the country for fishing competitions, never had a cross word, he’ll be sadly missed
He made the best "chicken Suzanne " rest in peace Barry . you always made me feel so welcome in your home. xx
A good days fishing 🎣
Awesome photo. He sure was a champion fisherman.
Remember fishing on the seafront with him and my dad loved the way he saw life always made laugh and made me feel welcome into his home gave me a job when I lost mine and showed me so much for that I'll be forever grateful will definitely be missed by many people RIP Barry 🙏
R.I.P Dear Barry
I always remember Startching/Ironing your shirts when I was a teenager But... I still had to re-do them because they weren't quite upto your standards lol 😂. But, hey you paid me well so I definitely didn't complain lol
However! Selling the bait from the garage used to freak me out and you thought it was the funniest thing ever 😂😂😂 R.I.P Sorry I can't be there Condolences to all 💞 Sending love and Mahoosive hugs xxxx 💕🦋
I remember when they lived at Thorpe Bay, opening their fridge and there was live Lugworms in there...they were massive, freaked me out a bit... Barry always a character...
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Lovely photo.
Sending love to all those that loved and adored Barry, we didn’t know him well but he would always make us feel welcome when we saw him! Xx
Now thats the Barry I remember, rest in peace mate.
A good days fishing 🎣
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