Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Wednesday, January 3, 1990

RUBY LEE COCKRELL

Ruby Lee Cockrell, 72, Raleigh, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1990 at Convalescent Warren Hall.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Magnolia Memorial Funeral Home, with burial in Silverena [sic Sylvarena] Baptist Church cemetery.

She was a housewife.

She is survived by a son, Pierce R. Cockrell of Raleigh; five brothers, Alvis Parker, Ira Parker, Ollie Parker, Forrest Parker and Woodrow Parker, all of Bay Springs; three sisters, Eunice Ford of Bay Springs, Lucille King of Pascagoula and Virginia Stringer of Laurel; and one grandson.

Visitation will begin at 4:30 p.m. today at Magnolia Memorial Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.