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Alfred Lee “Jay” Cockrell Jr.

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Alfred Lee “Jay” Cockrell Jr.

Birth
Red Jacket, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
Death
15 Apr 2001 (aged 76)
Barnwell, Barnwell County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
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Services for Alfred Lee "Jay" Cockrell Jr., 76, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, 2001 at Barnwell Church of Christ with burial in Barnwell County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 this evening at Mole Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Southeastern Children's Home, 155 Children's Way, Duncan, SC.

Mr. Cockrell died Sunday, April 15, 2001 at his residence. Born in Red Jacket, W. Va., he was a son of the late Alfred Lee and Clyda Root Cockrell. He retired as postmaster in Ketchikan, Alaska, was a Navy veteran of World War II, a member of the Barnwell Church of Christ and a former resident of Charleston.

Surviving are his wife, Tenna Fox Cockrell, Barnwell; daughter and son-in-law, Jacqueline and Claude Bearden, Barnwell; sister, Myrtle Wright, Pikeville, Tenn.; brothers, Paul Cockrell, Ripley, Ohio, Ed Cockrell, Blanchard, Ohio, Robert Cockrell, Anchorage, Alaska; five grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.

The State, Columbia, SC, 16 Apr 2001, Page B4
Copyright (c) 2001 The State


Services for Alfred Lee "Jay" Cockrell Jr., 76, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, 2001 at Barnwell Church of Christ with burial in Barnwell County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7-9 this evening at Mole Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Southeastern Children's Home, 155 Children's Way, Duncan, SC.

Mr. Cockrell died Sunday, April 15, 2001 at his residence. Born in Red Jacket, W. Va., he was a son of the late Alfred Lee and Clyda Root Cockrell. He retired as postmaster in Ketchikan, Alaska, was a Navy veteran of World War II, a member of the Barnwell Church of Christ and a former resident of Charleston.

Surviving are his wife, Tenna Fox Cockrell, Barnwell; daughter and son-in-law, Jacqueline and Claude Bearden, Barnwell; sister, Myrtle Wright, Pikeville, Tenn.; brothers, Paul Cockrell, Ripley, Ohio, Ed Cockrell, Blanchard, Ohio, Robert Cockrell, Anchorage, Alaska; five grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.

The State, Columbia, SC, 16 Apr 2001, Page B4
Copyright (c) 2001 The State




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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43724483/alfred_lee-cockrell: accessed ), memorial page for Alfred Lee “Jay” Cockrell Jr. (15 Mar 1925–15 Apr 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43724483, citing Barnwell County Memorial Cemetery, Barnwell, Barnwell County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Peggy Ray (contributor 46824048).