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Ibzan Cockerham

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Ibzan Cockerham

Birth
Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
8 Jan 1936 (aged 51)
Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Joyce, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Ibzan Cockerham, 51 year old janitor of the Winn Parish Courthouse, died at his home several miles east of Winnfield Wednesday afternoon after an illness of more than a week. Mr. Cockerham suffered a paralytic stroke while at work in the courthouse Monday of last week.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, January 9, 1936, at Old Union Church. Rev. W. D. Sherwood was in charge.

The deceased was a native of Ward Two where he lived practically his entire life. He had been janitor of the courthouse here for the past three years.

His wife, Annie [sic Nancy or Nannie] Keyes Cockerham, preceded him in death five years ago.

Surviving are ten children, Alfred Cockerham of Winnfield, Route Two; Albert Cockerham, Mrs. Zona Bartley, Annie, Gertrude, Bengie, Morgan, Jewel, Irene, and Blondell, all of Joyce; three brothers, Allen, Bengie, and H. M. Cockerham, Joyce; and two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Lee Rice, Atlanta, and Mrs. Susie Creel, Joyce.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, January 9, 1936
Ibzan Cockerham, 51 year old janitor of the Winn Parish Courthouse, died at his home several miles east of Winnfield Wednesday afternoon after an illness of more than a week. Mr. Cockerham suffered a paralytic stroke while at work in the courthouse Monday of last week.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, January 9, 1936, at Old Union Church. Rev. W. D. Sherwood was in charge.

The deceased was a native of Ward Two where he lived practically his entire life. He had been janitor of the courthouse here for the past three years.

His wife, Annie [sic Nancy or Nannie] Keyes Cockerham, preceded him in death five years ago.

Surviving are ten children, Alfred Cockerham of Winnfield, Route Two; Albert Cockerham, Mrs. Zona Bartley, Annie, Gertrude, Bengie, Morgan, Jewel, Irene, and Blondell, all of Joyce; three brothers, Allen, Bengie, and H. M. Cockerham, Joyce; and two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Lee Rice, Atlanta, and Mrs. Susie Creel, Joyce.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, January 9, 1936

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