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Riser Funeral Home

Bobby Joe Cockerham

Services for Bobby Joe Cockerham, age 59, of Olla will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2003 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Olla with Rev. David Mayo officiating. Interment will follow in the Chickasaw Cemetery east of Olla.

Mr. Cockerham was born in Urania on October 31, 1945 and died Monday, June 23, 2003 at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Alexandria.

He was employed at the Columbia Developmental Center in Columbia. He was of the Penecostal faith and a veteran of the Veitnam Conflict having served in the Army.

He was preceded in death by his father: Vanna Baxter Cockerham and his sister: Frances Cockerham Bass.

Survivors include his wife: Naomi Connor Cockerham, his daughter: Brittney Dianne Cockerham, his mother: Katie Renfrow Cockerham all of Olla, and his brothers: W.B. Cockerham of Jonesville, Huey Cockerham, Louis Cockerham and Kenneth Wayne Cockerham all of Olla.