Obituaries: Jewell Cockerham Thompson, 1971, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 8, 1971 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Thompson, Sikes School Teacher, Dies

Mrs. Jewell Thompson Cockerham, 48, of Sikes, died at 4:48 a.m. Saturday, July
3, 1971 at Doctor's Hospital in Shreveport.

She had been an elementary teacher at the Sikes school for the past 24 years. 
A native of Winnfield, she was a member of the Hurricane Grove Baptist Church. 
She was also a member of the Louisiana Teachers Association.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Union Baptist Church with
the Rev. Ernie Yocum and Rev. Hollis Miles officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home
of Winnfield.

She is survived by her husband, J. H. Thompson, Sr. of Sikes; a son, J. H.
Thompson, Jr., of Sikes; two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Tucker of Sikes and Mrs.
Harleen Crain of Kileen, Texas; four brothers, Alfred Cockerham and Albert
Cockerham, both of Joyce, Benjy Cockerham of Irondale, Ala., and Morgan
Cockerham of Melbourne, Fla.; five sisters, Mrs. Zona Bartley of Marrero, Miss
Ann Cockerham and Mrs. Blondell Busby, both of Sikes, Mrs. Irene Baker of
Jacksonville, Tex., and Mrs. Gertrude Lee of San Antonio, Tex.; and three
grandchildren.