THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, July 28, 1994 TAG: 9407280452
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE LENGTH: Short : 28 lines
Tessie Owen Cocke, 86, of the 1200 block of Cleona Drive, died July 26, 1994, in Chesapeake.
Mrs. Cocke was born in Lynchburg, Va., and was the widow of Theadore Royal Cocke. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church, Norfolk.
Survivors include two daughters, Emma Jean Klotz and Arline Curtis of Chesapeake; two sons, Thomas R. Cocke of Gloucester Point, Va., and Robert R. Cocke of Birmingham, Ala.; a brother, Alex Owen of Madison Heights, Va.; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel, by the Rev. Willis Switzer. Burial will be in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home and at the residence of Mrs. Klotz, 1201 Cleona Drive, Chesapeake, at all other times.
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