Obituaries: Lelia O. Gorham Cockerham, 1963, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: August 29, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Mrs. A. Cockerham Is Buried Aug. 28 At Old Union Mrs. Lelia O. Cockerham, 67, a resident of Joyce, died in a Winnfield hospital at 1 a.m. August 27. She was a retired cafeteria manager for the Caddo Parish school board and a native of Winn Parish. She is survived by her husband, Arnold W. Cockerham of Joyce; one son, A. W. Cockerham, Jr., of Denton, Texas; four daughters, Mrs. A. E. Ussery of Arcadia, Mrs. Leo Langston of Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Ben Ford and Mrs. Frank Campisi, both of Shreveport; two brothers, H. A. Gorham and C. E. Gorham, both of Winnfield; five sisters, Mrs. R. E. Townsend, Mrs. Crawford Sanders, and Mrs. Richard Sanders, all of Winnfield, and Mrs. Hammon Sayes of Vick, and Mrs. G. P. Eagles of Shreveport; 13 grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the Old Union Baptist Church in Joyce 1t 10:30 a.m. Wednesday with Reverends Steve Caskey and Ralph Frazier officiating. Burial was in the Old Union Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.