Emily Collins Cockrell

EMILY COLLINS COCKRELL, 79, DIED ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2000, AT NASH GENERAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS BORN ON NOV. 30, 1920, IN NASH COUNTY TO THE LATE WILLIAM HODGE AND ANNIE LOU BRANTLEY COLLINS. SHE IS A MEMBER OF MOMEYER BAPTIST CHURCH. MRS. COCKRELL WAS A THIRD-GRADE TEACHER WITH THE CITY OF ROCKY MOUNT SCHOOLS AND RETIRED AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND GRAFTON THOMAS COCKRELL AND A GRANDSON JEFFREY COCKRELL.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, GRAFTON I. COCKRELL AND HIS WIFE, EVELYN; OF ROCKY MOUNT, TWO SISTERS, REBECCA EDWARDS OF SPRING HOPE; LILLY POWELL, OF WAKE FOREST; AND ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, MICHELLE COCKRELL.
VISITATION WILL BE FROM 7-8:30PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 22, 2000, AT THE FUNERAL HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 23, 2000, AT THE CHAPEL OF BOWLING FUNERAL HOME, WITH THE REV. REUBEN BATCHELOR OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
ATTANGEMENTS ARE BY BOWLING FUNERAL HOME INC., 661 ENGLISH ROAD, ROCKY MOUNT.