Source: “The Stewart-Houston Times” Newspaper, a weekly newspaper of Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee

Date of Newspaper: Tuesday, November 28, 1972
Page: A-2

Name: Walter Bell Cooksey
Age: 52
Born: February 3, 1920 in Houston County, TN.
Died: November 19, 1972 in Erin, Houston County, TN.
Funeral: November 23, 1972 with Nave Funeral Home in Erin, Houston County, TN.
Burial: Community Cemetery in Houston County, TN.
Parents: Amos Cooksey and Maggie Johnson
Surviving Spouse: None Listed
Surviving Children: Kenneth Bell Cooksey, Mrs. Jacqueline Parchman, Gwendolyn Cooksey, Maggie Viola Cooksey
Surviving Siblings: William W. Cooksey, Earl D. Cooksey, James E. Cooksey, Velmore Cooksey, Amos C. Cooksey,Jr., Mrs. Hilda M. Askew, Cora Lee Cooksey, Mrs. Agnes Newell

If anyone is interested in a copy of the full and original obituary, I would be glad to share. Contact me at kaitysmom@peoplestel.net

Melissa Barker
Genealogist for Tennessee and Kentucky
E-mail: kaitysmom@peoplestel.net