Harold Loyd Cosby, 71, of Shawnee, died Saturday at a local hospital.
Cosby was born Jan. 24, 1931, in Stratford to F.C. and Mable (Slate) Cosby.
Cosby attended school in Bradley, Okla. He worked as a heavy equipment operator and retired from Jones and Pella Oil Company in 1986.
He married Mildred Lucille Thomason on April 17, 1948, in Purcell.
He lived in Shawnee for 20 years.
Cosby was a member of the Downtown Pentecostal Holiness Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Cecil; son-in-law Monroe Moody; and sister-in-law Gerline Copher.
Cosby is survived by his wife, Mildred, of the home; two daughters and a son-in-law, Shirley Moody of Shawnee and Brenda and Mike Lyon of Shawnee; a son and daughter-in-law, Loyd Ray and Charlene Cosby of Shawnee; five grandsons and their spouses, Tommy Stiles, Steve and Paula Lyon, Darrell and Keli Stiles, Jennifer and David Cosby and Kevin Cosby, all of Shawnee; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Lavenia and John Mayberry of Maysville and Gladys and Eddie Waterman of Lindsay; two brothers and sisters-in-law, John Ray and Terry Cosby of Lindsay and Clyde and Rosie Cosby of Lindsay; three sisters-in-law, Birdie Vestal of Lindsay, Opal Thornburg of Bakersfield, Calif., and Ethel Bryan of Riolinda, Calif.; and many nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at Gaskill-Owens Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.
The Shawnee News-Star - May 14, 2002
Cosby was born Jan. 24, 1931, in Stratford to F.C. and Mable (Slate) Cosby.
Cosby attended school in Bradley, Okla. He worked as a heavy equipment operator and retired from Jones and Pella Oil Company in 1986.
He married Mildred Lucille Thomason on April 17, 1948, in Purcell.
He lived in Shawnee for 20 years.
Cosby was a member of the Downtown Pentecostal Holiness Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Cecil; son-in-law Monroe Moody; and sister-in-law Gerline Copher.
Cosby is survived by his wife, Mildred, of the home; two daughters and a son-in-law, Shirley Moody of Shawnee and Brenda and Mike Lyon of Shawnee; a son and daughter-in-law, Loyd Ray and Charlene Cosby of Shawnee; five grandsons and their spouses, Tommy Stiles, Steve and Paula Lyon, Darrell and Keli Stiles, Jennifer and David Cosby and Kevin Cosby, all of Shawnee; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Lavenia and John Mayberry of Maysville and Gladys and Eddie Waterman of Lindsay; two brothers and sisters-in-law, John Ray and Terry Cosby of Lindsay and Clyde and Rosie Cosby of Lindsay; three sisters-in-law, Birdie Vestal of Lindsay, Opal Thornburg of Bakersfield, Calif., and Ethel Bryan of Riolinda, Calif.; and many nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at Gaskill-Owens Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.
The Shawnee News-Star - May 14, 2002
Harold Loyd Cosby, 71, of Shawnee, died Saturday at a local hospital.
Cosby was born Jan. 24, 1931, in Stratford to F.C. and Mable (Slate) Cosby.
Cosby attended school in Bradley, Okla. He worked as a heavy equipment operator and retired from Jones and Pella Oil Company in 1986.
He married Mildred Lucille Thomason on April 17, 1948, in Purcell.
He lived in Shawnee for 20 years.
Cosby was a member of the Downtown Pentecostal Holiness Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Cecil; son-in-law Monroe Moody; and sister-in-law Gerline Copher.
Cosby is survived by his wife, Mildred, of the home; two daughters and a son-in-law, Shirley Moody of Shawnee and Brenda and Mike Lyon of Shawnee; a son and daughter-in-law, Loyd Ray and Charlene Cosby of Shawnee; five grandsons and their spouses, Tommy Stiles, Steve and Paula Lyon, Darrell and Keli Stiles, Jennifer and David Cosby and Kevin Cosby, all of Shawnee; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Lavenia and John Mayberry of Maysville and Gladys and Eddie Waterman of Lindsay; two brothers and sisters-in-law, John Ray and Terry Cosby of Lindsay and Clyde and Rosie Cosby of Lindsay; three sisters-in-law, Birdie Vestal of Lindsay, Opal Thornburg of Bakersfield, Calif., and Ethel Bryan of Riolinda, Calif.; and many nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at Gaskill-Owens Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.
The Shawnee News-Star - May 14, 2002
Cosby was born Jan. 24, 1931, in Stratford to F.C. and Mable (Slate) Cosby.
Cosby attended school in Bradley, Okla. He worked as a heavy equipment operator and retired from Jones and Pella Oil Company in 1986.
He married Mildred Lucille Thomason on April 17, 1948, in Purcell.
He lived in Shawnee for 20 years.
Cosby was a member of the Downtown Pentecostal Holiness Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Cecil; son-in-law Monroe Moody; and sister-in-law Gerline Copher.
Cosby is survived by his wife, Mildred, of the home; two daughters and a son-in-law, Shirley Moody of Shawnee and Brenda and Mike Lyon of Shawnee; a son and daughter-in-law, Loyd Ray and Charlene Cosby of Shawnee; five grandsons and their spouses, Tommy Stiles, Steve and Paula Lyon, Darrell and Keli Stiles, Jennifer and David Cosby and Kevin Cosby, all of Shawnee; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Lavenia and John Mayberry of Maysville and Gladys and Eddie Waterman of Lindsay; two brothers and sisters-in-law, John Ray and Terry Cosby of Lindsay and Clyde and Rosie Cosby of Lindsay; three sisters-in-law, Birdie Vestal of Lindsay, Opal Thornburg of Bakersfield, Calif., and Ethel Bryan of Riolinda, Calif.; and many nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at Gaskill-Owens Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.
The Shawnee News-Star - May 14, 2002
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