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News Article
Rose Hill Cemetery, Grady County, Oklahoma
Submitted by:
Vanita White Hazelrigg
Published in the "Footprints of its First Hundred Years" Book of Cement, Oklahoma 1902-2002 Wick Cocheran Wick Cocheran, two sisters and one brother-in-law settled five miles south and one-half mile west of Verden in 1916. The rest of his family came in 1917-18. All of Wick's family lived and farmed around Chickasha. His eight brothers and sisters are Allie, Hollie, Wick, Lula, Cora, Cordia, Ethel and Effie. Wick and Elsie Skaggs were married October 4, 1934. From this union, two sons were born: Wiley, who lives in Cement and Lonnie, who lives in Cyril. Wiley and Lonnie graduated from Pioneer High School in 1956. Wiley married LaVelle McDonald on April 15, 1962, in Natchitoches, Louisiana. They have two children, Teresa Hargrove and Kay Bogle. Both girls graduated from Cement High School. Lonnie married Davelyn Shepard on September 15, 1959, in Cement. They have four children, Randy, Debbie, Rodney and Cristy. They live in Cyril, Oklahoma. Wick Cocheran outlived his mother, dad and all of his brothers and sisters. He died February 17, 1989. He is buried in Chickasha. Elsie is in Grace Living Center at Chickasha. She is 93 years old. Submitted by LaVelle Cocheran. |
Obituary
Rose Hill Cemetery, Grady County, Oklahoma
Submitted by:
Vanita White Hazelrigg
© The Chickasha Daily Express February 1989 Wick Cocheran Funeral for Wick Cocheran, 95, 609 North B. Street, Cement, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, 1989, in the Brown-Binyon Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Sam Evans officiating. He was born June 11, 1893, in Morehead, Round County, Ken., the son of William Wadsworth "Dee" and Clarinda [McKenzie] Cocheran. He died Friday, Feb. 17, 1989, at his home in Cement. He came to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, at the age of 13 with his parents in a covered wagon. The family settled on a farm near Chickasha. He married Elsie Goldena Skaggs on Oct. 4, 1933, in Chickasha. The Cocherans farmed in the Chickasha area and south of Verden until he retired and moved to Cement. Mr. Cocheran was a member of the Cement Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by both parents; by two brothers and five sisters; and by a son, Dale Cocheran, in November, 1942. Survivors include his wife, Elsie G. of the home; two sons and two daughters-in-law, Wiley and LaVelle Cocheran of Cement, Lonnie and Davelyn Cocheran of Cyril; six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Brown-Binyon Funeral home. © The Chickasha Daily Express February 1989 Wick Cocheran Funeral for Wick Cocheran, 95, 609 North B Street, Cement, was held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, 1989, in the Brown-Binyon Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Sam Evans officiating. Singers were Glen Thomas, Doug Sikes, John Mosley and Rick Vickrey. Casket bearers were Bill Talbert, Dale Mitchell, Leonard Wagner, Buford Munn, Carl Hall and Randy Cocheran. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of Brown-Binyon Funeral Home. |