Mrs. Mabel Cottingham, 98, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002, at her residence in Bandera. On June 19, 1904, she was born near Whitson, in Coryell County to Minnie Toliver Williams and John F. Williams. She married Marvin D. Cottingham on Jan. 14, 1933, in Corpus Christi, where they resided until moving to Bandera in 1942. During the 1930s the Cottingham family owned Cottingham Sash & Door Company in Corpus Christi. Beginning in 1946, they were proprietors of Cottingham Lumber Company in Bandera until their retirement in the 1970s when they sold the business to Hevenors. Mrs. Cottingham was a devout member of the Church of Christ in Bandera, where she taught a Sunday School class for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, M.D., on Jan. 29, 1988; also by five sisters, Lillie, Jewel, Bill, Beulah and Dick; and two brothers, Chester and Henry Williams. Survivors include three sons, Jerry Cottingham and wife Marguerite of Vanderpool, Dr. James Cottingham and wife Annette of Corpus Christi, and Lon Cottingham and wife Martha of Kingwood; six grandchildren, Philip, Kenneth, Kathryn, Renee, Lara and Sara; three great-grandchildren, Zachary, Lilith and Emily; and two brothers, J.D. Williams of Midland and Freeman Williams of Gatesville.
Mrs. Mabel Cottingham, 98, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002, at her residence in Bandera. On June 19, 1904, she was born near Whitson, in Coryell County to Minnie Toliver Williams and John F. Williams. She married Marvin D. Cottingham on Jan. 14, 1933, in Corpus Christi, where they resided until moving to Bandera in 1942. During the 1930s the Cottingham family owned Cottingham Sash & Door Company in Corpus Christi. Beginning in 1946, they were proprietors of Cottingham Lumber Company in Bandera until their retirement in the 1970s when they sold the business to Hevenors. Mrs. Cottingham was a devout member of the Church of Christ in Bandera, where she taught a Sunday School class for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, M.D., on Jan. 29, 1988; also by five sisters, Lillie, Jewel, Bill, Beulah and Dick; and two brothers, Chester and Henry Williams. Survivors include three sons, Jerry Cottingham and wife Marguerite of Vanderpool, Dr. James Cottingham and wife Annette of Corpus Christi, and Lon Cottingham and wife Martha of Kingwood; six grandchildren, Philip, Kenneth, Kathryn, Renee, Lara and Sara; three great-grandchildren, Zachary, Lilith and Emily; and two brothers, J.D. Williams of Midland and Freeman Williams of Gatesville.
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