Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cockes, Elbert O., 1977 

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ELBERT OREAH COCKES 

RETIRED SURRY SHERIFF DIES 

  WAVERLY - Elbert Oreah Cockes, 73, of Waverly, retired Surry County Sheriff, 
died Monday in Petersburg General Hospital.

  A native and lifelong resident of Surry County, he served as sheriff for 28 
years until his retirement in 1967.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary White Cockes; one son, Elbert Dixon 
Cockes of Elberon; one sister, Mrs. Otys Blanchard Watson of Portsmouth; and 
four grandchildren.

  A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Wakefield 
Cemetery by Dr. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. J.L. Blackwell.

  The requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the 
rescue squads of Sussex or Surry Counties.

  Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is in charge.


Elbert Oreah COCKES, retired Surry Co. Sheriff, 
b. 10 Jun 1903, Surry Co., d. 18 Apr 1977, Petersburg, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 20 Apr 1977, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 19, 1977, p. 8 

*His parents, "Ollie" Olis Vaughan & Ora Lee (VAUGHAN) COCKES, are also 
   buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 


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