Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Obituary for Benjamin Van Buren Cochrum


The Mexia Daily News, Mexia, TX, on July 06, 1972

TEAGUE - Funeral services for Benjamin Van Buren Cochrum, 91, a lifelong resident 
of Freestone County, will be held today at 2 p.m. In Lawrence Funeral Chapel.

Mr. Cochrum, who lived in Teague, was born on Sept. 8, 1880. He was a member of 
the Freestone Church of Christ and died Wednesday morning at McGee Nursing Home 
in Teague. He was a retired farmer.

Officiating will be the Rev. James Dammon, pastor of First Baptist Church, and 
the Rev. H.L. McKissack, pastor of Cedar Baptist Church. Assisting will be the 
Rev. Dwight Atchley, pastor of Freestone Baptist Church.

Burial will be in Union Cemetery (Freestone County), under the direction of 
Lawrence Funeral Home.

Surviving is his wife, of Teague; a son, Garnett Cochrum of Teague; a half-sister, 
Mrs. Minnie Welch of Teague; four half-brothers, Sidney Knight of Buffalo, 
Robert Knight, Jack Night and Peyton Knight, all of Teague; two grandsons and 
one great-grandson.