Individual Details
Mima Cockrum
(25 Mar 1885 - 20 Dec 1964)
Posted at findagrave.com: Daughter of William Matthew Cockrum and Mellisa Jane Kirkpatrick. Married first William Irl Hill March 11, 1906, Franklin County, Illinois. Married second Alonzo Hammonds.
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: HILL, IRL COCKRUM, MIMA 1906-03-11 002 0202 FRANKLIN
The Mt Vernon Register News, Monday, December 21, 1964: Mima Hammonds Dies At Age 79; Sesser Funeral
Mrs. Mima Minerva Hammonds, 79, of 203 East Florence street in Sesser, died at 11:05 a.m. Sunday in Franklin County Hospital at Benton. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Christ in Sesser, of which she was a member, with the Rev. Daryl Busby officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser where friends may call after 3:00 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Hammonds was born Mar. 25, 1885, in Franklin county, the daughter of William and Melissa (Kirkpatrick) Cockrum. She was married to Alonzo Hammonds, who preceded her in death in 1960. She is survived by three stepsons, Wayne and Dwight Hammonds, both of Ina, and Lester Hammonds of East Gary, Ind.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Georgenna Wells or St. Charles, Ill.; and three sisters, Mrs. Nancy Baker and Mrs. Trilby Bradley, both of Sesser, and Mrs. Gertrude Crouch of East Gary, Ind.
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: HILL, IRL COCKRUM, MIMA 1906-03-11 002 0202 FRANKLIN
The Mt Vernon Register News, Monday, December 21, 1964: Mima Hammonds Dies At Age 79; Sesser Funeral
Mrs. Mima Minerva Hammonds, 79, of 203 East Florence street in Sesser, died at 11:05 a.m. Sunday in Franklin County Hospital at Benton. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Christ in Sesser, of which she was a member, with the Rev. Daryl Busby officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser where friends may call after 3:00 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Hammonds was born Mar. 25, 1885, in Franklin county, the daughter of William and Melissa (Kirkpatrick) Cockrum. She was married to Alonzo Hammonds, who preceded her in death in 1960. She is survived by three stepsons, Wayne and Dwight Hammonds, both of Ina, and Lester Hammonds of East Gary, Ind.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Georgenna Wells or St. Charles, Ill.; and three sisters, Mrs. Nancy Baker and Mrs. Trilby Bradley, both of Sesser, and Mrs. Gertrude Crouch of East Gary, Ind.
Events
| Birth | 25 Mar 1885 | Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 Mar 1906 | Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois - Earl Hill | |||
| Death | 20 Dec 1964 | Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois | | ||
| Burial | Maple Hill Cemetery, Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Earl Hill (1884 - 1946) |
| Child | Audrey Hill (1906 - 1907) |
| Spouse | Alonzo Hammond (1887 - 1960) |
| Father | William Matthew Cockrum (1857 - 1933) |
| Mother | Melissa Jane Kirkpatrick (1864 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Ezra Galloway Cockrum (1886 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Gertrude Edith Cockrum (1888 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Dorothy A Cockrum (1890 - 1960) |
| Sibling | Nancy Cockrum (1893 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Trilby Cockrum (1895 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Flora Cockrum (1898 - 1955) |
| Sibling | William Henry "Harry" Cockrum (1900 - 1960) |
Endnotes
1. Kirkpatricks of Southern Illinois, by Paul Mabus--- received April 9, 1999.
2. Kirkpatricks of Southern Illinois, by Paul Mabus--- received April 9, 1999.
3. Kirkpatricks of Southern Illinois, by Paul Mabus--- received April 9, 1999.