Ross-Highland County OhArchives Obituaries.....Forrest Milton Cokonougher . June 19 2000. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ralph W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 21, 2004, 11:32 am From the 29 June 2000, Chillicothe, Ohio “Chillicothe Gazette” newspaper, page 2A, Col. 2, Thursday. "Forrest M. Cokonougher. Forrest Milton (Butch) Cokonougher, 74, of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., passed away June 19, 2000, in Ft. Walton Beach. He was born April 15, 1926, in Ross County, Ohio, to the late William S. and Emma Forsythe Cokonougher. On March 11, 1957, he married the former Ruth A. Overly, who survives. Also surviving are sons, David (Peggy) Cokonougher, Greenfield, Ohio, Randy (Susan) Overly, Crestview, Fla., Terry (Martha) Cokonougher, Elberta, Ala., Brian (Tami) Cokonougher, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; daughter, Nancy Harewood, Greenfield, Ohio; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Phyllis and Donald Hess, Clarksburg, Ohio. He was predeceased by one sister, Ethel Brookover, South Salem, Ohio; and two brothers, Harry Cokonougher, Athens, Ohio, and Wayne Cokonougher, Battle Creek, Mich. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and was employed in 1952 by the Chillicothe Federal Reformatory, and transferred after its closure to the Eglin Federal Prison Facility at Ft. Walton Beach, where he retired in 1980 after 28 years of service. In 1981, he was employed by a Government contractor as a security officer in military test facilities, from which he retired in 1999. Funeral services were held June 23, 2000, at Emerald Coast Funeral Home, and burial followed at Beal Memorial Cemetery, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla." Additional Comments: The grandparents of Forrest Cokonougher were Zachariah and Mary (Wisecup) Cokonougher. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb