Individual Details

Orpha Beryl McGowen

(26 Aug 1906 - 15 May 1999)

Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, May 1999: Fisk--Orpha Cochran, 92, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, May 15, 1999, at the Westwood Hills Health Care Center. Mrs. Cochran was born Aug. 26, 1906, at Puxico. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Cochran had lived in Butler County since 1945. She was formerly of Fisk and had been living with her daughter in Poplar Bluff. She had owned and operated Cochran's Store in Broseley and Fisk. She married Charles Ralph Cochran Dec. 12, 1931. He died May 15, 1983. Survivors are a son, Burl Cochran of O'Fallon, Ill.; a daughter, Patricia Goings of Poplar Bluff; a brother, Norman A. McGowen of Bradenton, Fla.; seven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Monday at White-Sanders Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. W. V. Mosbey officiating. Burial will be in Shain Memorial Cemetery at Fisk.

Events

Birth26 Aug 1906Puxico, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Residence1920Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Duck Creek, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Residence1930Age in 1930: 22; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Duck Creek, Stoddard Co., Missouri
Marriage12 Dec 1931Charles Ralph Cochran
Death15 May 1999Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri
Alt nameOrpha McGowen
BurialShain Memorial Cemetery, Ash Hill, Butler Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseCharles Ralph Cochran (1905 - 1983)
FatherJoseph Harvey McGowen (1881 - 1959)
MotherLeona Pearl Ham (1887 - 1957)
SiblingDulcie Leita McGowen (1908 - 1989)
SiblingJuanita Pearl McGowen (1911 - 1994)
SiblingClois Beryl McGowen (1915 - 1989)
SiblingNorman Adell "Mac" McGowen (1922 - 2006)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. Social Security Death Index.

3. Obituary of Orpha Cochran, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, May 1999.

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. Obituary of Charles Ralph Cochran, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Monday, May 16, 1983, Page 20, Col. 2.

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Social Security Death Index.

9. Obituary of Orpha Cochran, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, May 1999.

10. Obituary of Leona Pearl McGowen, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Saturday, October 19, 1957, Page 3, Col. 5.

11. Find A Grave.

12. Obituary of Orpha Cochran, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, May 1999.