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In Loving Memory Of
Clyde Cockrell
Clyde Cockrell, of Yukon, was born May 6, 1929 in
Louisville, Mississippi to James Everett and Rebecca (Kugle) Cockrell.
He lost his parents at an early age and was raised by his brother,
Granville Lee Cockrell and his wife. Clyde grew up in Mississippi where
he attended school and graduated high school.
He and Elna Faye Berberette were married and were blessed with two
daughters, Sherry and Liz. Faye preceded him in death on September 2,
1985.
In 1986, Clyde and Myrtle Otilee Jones were married in Yukon, Oklahoma.
Clyde began working for SOHIO Petroleum in 1949. He was later
transferred to Louisiana and later to Texas where he worked for a number
of years. In 1976 he and his family moved to Oklahoma and later made his
home in Yukon, Oklahoma in 1982.
Retiring in 1985, Clyde was a District Clerk for the SOHIO then British
Petroleum Company after 36 years of service. He was a member of Portland
Avenue Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother and sister-in-law,
who raised him, Granville Lee Cockrell and his wife, Leslie; as well as
other brothers, James Estell Cockrell and Prentice William Cockrell; and
his wife, Faye Cockrell.
Clyde passed away November 2, 2009 in Yukon, Oklahoma at the age of 80
years.
Surviving family include his wife, Myrtle, of the home; 2 daughters and
their husbands, Sherry and Frank Ibach, of Norman; and Liz and Mike
Crews, of Sulphur; 2 step children, Bill McCurley and his wife, Linda,
of Blanchard; and Barbara McCurley, of Oklahoma City; 3 grandchildren,
Allison Eason and her husband, Brad, of Velma; David Ibach and Stephen
Ibach, both of Norman; a great-granddaughter, Paisley Eason, and another
soon to arrive, Landry Eason, of Velma; as well as his sister-in-law,
Marie Cockrell, of Pearl, Mississippi.
Funeral services will be held Friday, November 6, 2009 at 2:00 pm at the
Stufflebean Chapel of Remembrance officiated by Pastor James Ehrlich and
Rev. Bill Leveridge. Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Professional services are under the direction of Stufflebean-Coffey
Funeral Home. Notes of Remembrance and/or Condolences may be sent to the
family at www.stufflebeanfuneralhome.com.
Memorial may be sent to the Cancer Fund at the Oklahoma Medical Resource
Foundation at 825 Northeast 13th Street in Oklahoma City, OK. 73104.
Memorial forms can be picked up at Stufflebean-Coffey Funeral Home in
Pauls Valley. |
