Mrs. Mary Coleman Cockrell, 79, died Thursday morning at General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services will be held at Coleman Funeral Home in Indianola with Rev. Charles Shufflin of Leland officiating. Burial will follow in the City Cemetery. A native of Simpson County, Mrs. Cockrell was a resident of Indianola for 34 years. She was a member of the Church of God. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Jewel Roberts, of Shaw, Mrs. Addie Anderson of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Maudy [sic] L. Baker of Vicksburg and Mrs. Frances Tabb of Indianola; two sons, W. G. Cockrell of Indianola and James F. Cockrell of Jackson; two brothers, Eddie G. Coleman and Alonza [sic] Coleman both of Mendenhall; twenty grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
-- The Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, MS), Fri, 9 May 1969, P. 2.
Mary was the only daughter of John Brown Coleman and Lucinda Farmer Coleman; she had seven brothers. She was known in her family as "Sister".
Despite her headstone having her year of birth as 1891, her Social Security records show 1 Apr 1890. Her obituary has that she was age 79, which also agrees with 1 Apr 1890. If she had been born 1 Apr 1891, she would only have been 78.
Mrs. Mary Coleman Cockrell, 79, died Thursday morning at General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services will be held at Coleman Funeral Home in Indianola with Rev. Charles Shufflin of Leland officiating. Burial will follow in the City Cemetery. A native of Simpson County, Mrs. Cockrell was a resident of Indianola for 34 years. She was a member of the Church of God. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Jewel Roberts, of Shaw, Mrs. Addie Anderson of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Maudy [sic] L. Baker of Vicksburg and Mrs. Frances Tabb of Indianola; two sons, W. G. Cockrell of Indianola and James F. Cockrell of Jackson; two brothers, Eddie G. Coleman and Alonza [sic] Coleman both of Mendenhall; twenty grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
-- The Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, MS), Fri, 9 May 1969, P. 2.
Mary was the only daughter of John Brown Coleman and Lucinda Farmer Coleman; she had seven brothers. She was known in her family as "Sister".
Despite her headstone having her year of birth as 1891, her Social Security records show 1 Apr 1890. Her obituary has that she was age 79, which also agrees with 1 Apr 1890. If she had been born 1 Apr 1891, she would only have been 78.
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