Obituaries:  Rev. Alex Kochinsky, 1966, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 21, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

Final Rites For 102 Year Old Negro July 23

Rev. Alex Kochinsky, 102 year old Winnfield Negro, who died in a Monroe
Hospital last Saturday, will be buried Saturday, July 23, in the Winnfield
Colored Cemetery.

Kochinsky will be remembered by old timers as the driver of the J. M. Hyde
Mercantile Store delivery wagon for about 30 years.  He was later employed by
Thomas Lumber Co. and the Rock Island Railway.  He was a resident of the
McDonald Bottom until his health failed and he was put in a Monroe nursing
home.

Funeral services will be held at 12:30 noon July 23 at New Zion Baptist
Church, with Rev. A. S. Jackson officiating.  Burial will follow in the
Colored Cemetery. 

Survivors are his wife, Rosa Mae Kochinsky, Winnfield; four step-daughters,
one step-son, and a host of nieces and nephews.