Obit of Cochran, Howard Haynie (c265) - Oklahoma County OK

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Howard Haynie Cochran

Howard Haynie Cochran, 70, of Amarillo, died Sunday, July 14, 2002.

Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Paramount Terrace Christian Church with
the Rev. Scott Greer and the Rev. Mark Zimmerman officiating. Burial will be
at 2 p.m. Thursday in Caddo Cemetery in Caddo, Okla., by N.S. Griggs and
Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd.

Mr. Cochran was born Sept. 2, 1931, in Caddo, Bryan County, to Dr. Roy L.
and Maudie Holmes Cochran. He graduated from Caddo High School in 1949,
attended Southeastern State College, Murray State College and earned a
chemical engineering degree from Oklahoma State University.

He served in the Army from 1954 to 1956 and was stationed in Germany in the
field artillery counter-mortar radar. He married Gaylia Rackley on Aug. 31,
1956, in Kenefic, Okla. He was a certified safety professional and Texas State
Board of Insurance representative.

He was a lifetime member of American Society of Safety Engineers and served
as president and held other offices. For 32 years he worked for Texas
Employers Insurance Co. of Texas.

At the time of his death he was a safety control consultant for Texas
Association of School Boards and served many school districts in the Texas
Panhandle. He was a member of Paramount Terrace Christian Church.

He was an advocate for Amarillo Youth Choirs and Troop 86 Boy Scouts of
America, of which his grandson was a member. He and his wife accompanied
the youth choir to Europe on a concert tour and chaperoned many Boy Scout
activities.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Roy Len Cochran and
Dr. Bryce Holmes Cochran; and two nephews.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Laura Maudie Ware of Amarillo; a son,
Howard Holmes Cochran and wife, Jennifer, of Amarillo; three grandchildren,
James Weston Ware, Amanda Whitney Cochran and Kaitlin Taylor Cochran,
all of Amarillo; three sisters, Maude Shannon Bilbo of Norman, Okla., Jean
Creel and husband, Joe, of Waxahachie and Ruth Callahan and husband,
James, of Oklahoma City; two sisters-in-law, Gayle Cochran of Midwest City,
Okla., and Ray Jean Hankey of Durant, Okla.; and a host of nieces, nephews
and friends.

The family suggests memorials be to Amarillo Youth Choirs Inc., 112 W.
Eighth Ave., Amarillo, TX 79109; or Troop 86 Boy Scouts of America, 401
Tascosa Road, Amarillo, TX 79124.

Amarillo Globe-News, July 17, 2002
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