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2:54 am Friday, November 26, 2004

Roy Clinton Cochran

By Staff
Roy Clinton Cochran, age 85, of Phil Campbell, passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2004.
Mr. Cochran was a retired TVA instrument mechanic and a member of the fleet reserves. He was a decorated World War II and Korean Naval veteran. He had received the Navy Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal (6th Award), American Defense Medal, Navy Occupation Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Medal, Korean Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and United Nations Medal. Mr. Cochran was preceded in death by his parents, Hallman Cochran and Ivanee Ingram Cochran.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 26, 2004, at Spry Memorial Chapel with Rev. Coye Marbutt officiating. Interment will be in Franklin Memory Gardens.
Mr. Cochran is survived by his wife, Christine Fuller Cochran; a daughter, Patricia Farra; two sons, Roy Lee Cochran and Danny Cochran; a brother, W.L. Cochran; two sisters, Margaret Woods and Mary Kathern Bowen; two grandchildren, Daniel Cochran and Sherie McDaniels; a great-grandchild, Georgia Jolene McDaniels; and twenty-three nieces and nephews.
Spry Chapel assisted the family.

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