Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, June 14, 2003

Charles Thomas Cotten

Services for Charles Thomas Cotten will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 14, 2003, in the chapel of Rush Funeral Home, Pineville, with Revs. James Tolbert and Jesse Camp officiating. Burial will be in Malone Cemetery, Ball, under the direction of Rush Funeral Home of Pineville.

Mr. Cotten, age 66, of Ball, died Thursday, June 12, 2003, in the V.A. Medical Center, Pineville.

He was a native of Ball, a retired carpenter and a member of the Carpenters Local Union #403. He was also a district manager for AA and of the Pentecostal faith.

Survivors include three sons, Thomas R. Cotten and Ronald J. Cotten, both of Joplin, Mo., and Curtis L. Cotten of Racine, Mo.; one daughter, Rita C. Tulley of Boyce; one brother, Alex Lott Cotten of Neosho, Mo.; two sisters, Eunice Smith of Ball and Sammie Benedict of Ball; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Friends may call Saturday, June 14, 2003, from 8 a.m. until time of service at 3 p.m. in Rush Funeral Home of Pineville.