CHRISTINA MAE COUNTS GOLIGHTLY COGDILL, Age 89, a former resident of Charleston, died Saturday, September 29, 2018, at the Jackson Manor.
Born June 12, 1929, at Freemont, MO, to the late Henry Clifford and Alta Lamborne Counts, she had lived in Mississippi County until 2012 when she moved to Jackson, MO to be near her daughter. She was a homemaker, as well as a baby sitter for children through the years, and a member of the Elm Street Baptist Church.
On August 5, 1947, she married Edward A. "Pete" Golightly, who preceded her in death January 21, 1983. On June 30, 1988, she then married George V. Cogdill, who preceded her in death on February 2, 2011.
Surviving are three daughters, Cathy (Charles) Martin of Paducah, KY; Jeannie (Jeff) Anderson of Jackson, MO and Brenda Reed of Trenton, TN; three brothers, Henry Counts and Kenny Counts both of East Prairie and Cletus Counts of Sikeston; one sister, Marie Kohne of Charleston; five grandchildren; seven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Besides her husbands and her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, Edward L. Golightly and David A. Golightly; two brothers, William (Bill) Counts and Carl Edward Counts and one sister, Trudy High.
Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until the funeral hour at 1:00 p.m., Monday, October 1, 2018, at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Jon Archie, pastor of the Elm Street Baptist Church, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
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