James Cochran

Posted by on Mar 8, 2013

James Cochran of Elk Horn, son of the late Sammie Cochran and Nettie Hughes Cochran, was born in Casey County, Kentucky, March 9, 1945.  He died at 4:51 P.M., Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Louisville.    Age:   67

He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the Elk Horn Baptist Church.

He was a former employee of Dan White Oil Company, a former Deputy Sheriff, Taylor County Magistrate and a school bus driver for the Taylor County School System for many years.

He united in marriage to Galoris Ford September 4, 1965.

Besides his wife, Galoris Cochran of Elk Horn, he is survived by two daughters and one son:  Tina Blakley and husband, Russell of Somerset, Scot Cochran and wife, Beth and Nadena Agee and husband, David of Campbellsville; eight grandchildren:  Alex Sexton and husband, Jamie, Samantha Benedict and husband, Jeff, Whitney Roots, J. T. Agee, Spencer Agee, Mariah Agee, Tori Cochran and Emili Cochran; three great-grandchildren:  Zach Benedict, Peyton Benedict and Zander Sexton; two brothers and three sisters:  Gary Cochran and wife, Nellie of Ft. Myers, Florida, Cecil Cochran of Franklin, Indiana, Marie Forister of Crittenden, Kentucky, Barbara Roundtree, of Cincinnati, Ohio and Jo Ann Wethington and husband, Carl of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters:  Jimmy Cochran, T. C. Cochran, Estil Cochran, Wesley Cochran, Lorene Webb and Delores Angel.

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VISITATION:  5:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M., Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICE:  11:00 A.M., Monday, March 11, 2013 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Bro. Brian Rafferty, Bro. Haywood Riner and Bro. Chris Murphy

BURIAL:                                 Jones Chapel Cemetery