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Viola P Camp Cockerham

1 Nov 1874 – 2 Feb 1982

Birth	1 Nov 1874
Death	2 Feb 1982
Cemetery	Hillcrest Burial Park Cemetery Waxahachie , Ellis County , Texas , USA
Added by	John Smith on 25 Mar 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25473477

Bio

Obituary: Mrs. Viola Camp Cockerham, 107, died early Tuesday morning, in a nursing home in Itasca, Texas. Born November 1, 1874, in Winnfield, La., she went to Ellis County near Waxahachie, Texas, in 1911 in a covered wagon and had been an Itasca resident for the past 10 years. She was the wife of the late John Henry Cockerham who died in January, 1957. Mrs. Cockerham was the oldest member of the First Baptist Church in Waxahachie. She had been a homemaker. Survivors include 4 sons, Dewey and Boaz Cockerham, both of Waxahachie, Texas, Lawson Cockerham, of Red Oaks, Texas and Odis Cockerham of Lancaster, Texas; 44 grandchildren: 108 great-grandchildren, 131 great-great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First Baptist Church of Waxahachie, Texas with Dr. Leroy Fenton, pastor, officiating. Interment was in Hillcrest Burial Park under the direction of Rudolph Snider Funeral Home. Pallbearers were grandsons of Mrs. Cockerham. Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA), February 10, 1982 From Ron Manley

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Family

Parents

• William David Camp 1836–1912 FaG
• Melinda McCarty Camp 1839–1885 FaG

Spouse

• John Henry Cockerham 1870–1957

Siblings

• Mary Victoria Camp Davis 1861–1957 FaG
• John Thomas Camp 1872–1928 FaG

Children

• Joseph Edward Cockerham 1891–1965
• John Lee Cockerham 1894–1962
• Hettie Gertrude Cockerham Upchurch 1896–1971
• Henry Dewey Cockerham 1899–1985
• Lawson Aurelious Cockerham 1901–1998
• William Omer "Bill" Cockerham 1902–1943
• Odis I. Cockerham 1905–1985
• James Wallace Cockerham 1907–1978
• Boaz Binton Cockerham 1915–1989

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