Obit: H.M. Cockerham, 1937, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by: Deanna Simmons Hess, RR 9, Box 1548, Livingston, TX 77351
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THE WINNFIELD-NEWS AMERICAN
Friday, November 12, 1937

H. M. Cockerham Of Joyce Dies Sunday Morning At Home

Funeral Service Held Monday at Union Baptist Church

 Henry Maxwell Cockerham, known as "Bud" Cockerham, former member of the
Winn Parish Policy Jury and School Board, died at his home near Joyce,
Sunday morning following an illness that extended over a period of
several months.
 Funeral services were held Monday morning conducted by the Rev. J. A.
McMurry assisted by Rev. W. M. Grice and  the Rev. A. J. McMurry at the
Union Baptist Church and internment was made in the church cemetery.  A
special part of the program was the singing of the deceased's favorite
hymns, "What a Friend We have in Jesus" and "Sweet By and By" led by the
Rev. A. J. McMurry.
 Mr. Cockerham was a deacon in the Union Hill Baptist Church at Joyce,
where he held church membership since early manhood. He served as a
member of the Winn Parish School Board from Ward 2 beginning in 1917,
and in 1924 was elected police juror from his ward.
 He is survived by his widow, five [this may be a typographical error as
only three sons are listed] sons, Rev. J. A. Cockerham, A. W. Cockerham
and H. M. Cockerham of Winnfield; four daughters, Mrs. J. E. Hearn,
Winnfield, Mrs. Dee Franklin, New Orleans; Mrs. H. O. Drewett and Mrs.
C. M. Clegorne, Winnfield.
 Pall bearers at the funeral were Max Thieme, Jesse Durham, Arthur
McMurry, Earl Cockerham, Ivy Creel and D. F. Shell.