Mr. F Cockrell

Robert F Cockrell, 87, passed away, on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point. Robert Franklin Cockrell was born October 4, 1925 in Clay County Mississippi to the late Fannie Turnage and Frank Cockrell. He retired from Weyerhaeuser of Jackson in 1986. Robert F. Cockrell was a member of Presbyterian. He was a Veteran of the U. S. Navy Hospital as a Corpsman having served during WW II. Robert F. Cockrell married Bonnie Tisdale Cockrell September 10, 1948, Starkville. Funeral services will be Saturday, January 12, 2013, 10:30 a.m. at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Bro. Lee Gordon officiating. Burial will follow in Cairo Cemetery Cairo Community. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include his wife Bonnie Tisdale Cockrell of Cedar Bluff; two sons, Allen C. Cockrell of Orange, TX, Roger K. Cockrell (Anna Lisa Jabour) of Falls Church, VA; one granddaughter Melissa Maree Cockrell of Falls Church, VA and a number of nieces and nephews. Those preceding Robert F. Cockrell in death were his son Robert Larry Cockrell; four sisters, Catherine C. Fitzgerald, Sara C. Hardin, Mary Frances Cockrell and Ruby C. McGee. Pallbearers will be David Fitzgerald, Scott Harden, Lon Smith, Wally Magee, Pete O'shea, and Marvin Turnipseed. Memorials may be made to Cairo Cemetery Fund, c/o Judy Chrismond, 3836 Hwy 50 West, West Point, MS 39773. Visitation will be Saturday, 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Calvert Funeral Home.