Individual Details

Dorothy A Cockrum

(16 Aug 1890 - 24 Nov 1960)

Carbondale Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Friday November 25, 1960, Page 18, Col. 5: Rites Set Saturday For Dorothy Isom. Mrs. Dorothy Isom, 70, Sesser, died at 3 a.m. Thursday in Franklin Hospital, Benton. She was born Aug. 16, 1890, in Franklin County.

She leaves her husband, John; sons Verdun of Chicago, William of Urbana; sisters Mrs. Trilby Bradley, Mrs. Mima Hammond, and Mrs. Nancy Baker, all of Sesser, Mrs. Gertrude Crouch of Kouts, Ind.; brother, Harry Cockrum of Chester and six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sesser Christian Church with the Rev. McKinley Crabtree, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Brayfield Funeral Home.

Events

Birth16 Aug 1890Sesser, Franklin, Illinois
Marriage22 Mar 1908Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois - John H. Isom
Death24 Nov 1960Benton, Franklin Co., Illinois
BurialMaple Hill Cemetery, Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois

Families

SpouseJohn H. Isom (1882 - 1964)
ChildVerdun Ward Isom (1916 - 1978)
ChildWilliam Marvin Isom (1923 - 2008)
FatherWilliam Matthew Cockrum (1857 - 1933)
MotherMelissa Jane Kirkpatrick (1864 - 1950)
SiblingMima Cockrum (1885 - 1964)
SiblingEzra Galloway Cockrum (1886 - 1886)
SiblingGertrude Edith Cockrum (1888 - 1965)
SiblingNancy Cockrum (1893 - 1972)
SiblingTrilby Cockrum (1895 - 1979)
SiblingFlora Cockrum (1898 - 1955)
SiblingWilliam Henry "Harry" Cockrum (1900 - 1960)

Endnotes

1. Kirkpatricks of Southern Illinois, by Paul Mabus--- received April 9, 1999.

2. Find A Grave.

3. Obituary of Dorothy A Cockrum Isom, Carbondale Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Friday November 25, 1960, Page 18, Col. 5.

4. Kirkpatricks of Southern Illinois, by Paul Mabus--- received April 9, 1999.

5. Kirkpatricks of Southern Illinois, by Paul Mabus--- received April 9, 1999.

6. Find A Grave.

7. Obituary of Dorothy A Cockrum Isom, Carbondale Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Friday November 25, 1960, Page 18, Col. 5.

8. Kirkpatricks of Southern Illinois, by Paul Mabus--- received April 9, 1999.

9. Find A Grave.

10. Obituary of Dorothy A Cockrum Isom, Carbondale Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Friday November 25, 1960, Page 18, Col. 5.