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Obituary for Mary (Venable) Cochrum

Mary (Venable) Cochrum
January 22, 1939 - November 28, 2020

  Graveside services for Mary Venable Cochrum were held on Thursday, December 3, 
2020, at 2:00 p.m. at Union Cemetery near Freestone. Rev. Richard Gillet officiated.
  Mrs. Cochrum passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020, at Wesley Woods Health 
Center in Hewitt.
  She was born on January 22, 1939, in Waco and grew up in Waco and graduated 
from University High School with the class of 1957. She furthered her education 
at Baylor University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in  Elementary Education in 
1961 and a Master’s Degree in Art Education in 1968. She married William Troy 
Cochrum on December 26, 1965 and shared over fifty-two years of marriage together 
before being separated by his death on July 25, 2018.  The couple was inseparable 
most of their lives and especially loved to hunt and fish together for many years.  
Mrs. Cochrum worked as a teacher and owned a ceramic shop for many years. She 
was a Methodist by Faith.
  She is survived by one son, Garnett Cochrum of Waco; one daughter, Jamie 
Cochrum Beard & husband Scott of Groesbeck; six grandchildren, Dylan Dean 
Cochrum & wife Justina O’Connell, Travis Clay Cochrum, Ty Allen Rawls, Natalie 
Rowe Stephenson, Courtney Diane Castlow & husband Billy, and Jesse Eldridge Beard; 
two great-grandchildren, Harper Mary Cochrum and Harlin Jean Cochrum; 
brother-in-law, Durwood Cochrum & wife Billie Ann; and other relatives and 
friends.
  Mrs. Cochrum was preceded in death by her husband, William Troy Cochrum; one 
grandson, Brandon Cole Turner; two brothers, John Venable and Robert Venable; 
and one daughter-in-law, Linda Marie Cochrum.