Johnston County, NC - Obituary of Lawrence Cogdell, 1975

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       Young Guilford Official, Native of Johnston, Dies

Lawrence Cogdell of Greensboro, a 33 year old native of Johnston County,
died late Thursday in Moses Cone Hospital at Greensboro, where he had
been a patient for two weeks.

Mr. Cogdell had been budget director of Guilford County for the past
two years.

Death was attributed to acute renal failure, a condition which was
diagnosed a year ago. Since then he had undergone kidney dialysis
treatment twice a week.

He was graduated from high school in Smithfield and from A&T State
University, where he majored in accounting and minored in mathematics
and economics.

From 1965 until 1968 he lived in Washington, DC, where he did graduate
work in governmental accounting at American University, worked as an 
accountant, and was in the federal Youth Economic Enterprise program.
For the next three years, he was an accountant for Montgomery County, MD

He was employed by Guiford County in March 1971 as budget officer and
internal auditor. He was promoted to the position of budget director in
July 1973.

Last year he was named County Employee of the Year. Guilford County 
Manager John Witherspoon said he was deeply affected by Mr. Cogdell's
death. "He was an outstanding man, both in character and ability." Mr.
Witherspoon said "the fact that he was named by his fellow employees
as Employee of the Year, indicated how significant a loss this man is
to Guilford County."

The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in Trinity AME Zion 
Church. The Rev. J.R. Woodward officiated. Entombment followed in 
Guilford Memorial Park.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. John Puryear Cogdell; two sons, Melvin
Wesley and Lawrence Cogdell II; two daughters, Angela and Cheryl Cogdell;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Cogdell of Wayne County; four sisters,
Mrs. Parthenia Smith of Willingboro, N.J., Mrs. Eutean Redding of Colorada
Springs, Colo., Mrs. Golria Eldridge of Pascalaway, N.J., and Miss Wanda
Jean Cogdell of Greensboro; and two brothers, Nathan E. Cogdell of East
Point, Ga., and Pvt. Dwight Cogdell at Fort Ord, Calif.

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