IN LOVING MEMORY OF
George V.
Cogdill
November 13, 1922 – February 2, 2011
Obituary
GEORGE VERNON COGDILL, Age 88, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at the Charleston Manor.
Born November 13, 1922, in Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Jim and Hazel Lane Cogdill, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life where he farmed until 1964 and then worked at Bunge Corporation at Cairo, IL for 22 years until his retirement in 1985. He was a member of the Elm Street Baptist Church at Charleston where he had served as a deacon and was a US Army Veteran of World War II.
In 1944, he married Sadie Woodard who preceded him in death March 5, 1987. In 1988, he married Christine Counts Golightly, who survives of the home.
Surviving are: two sons and one daughter in law, George, Jr. and Eugenia Cogdill of East Prairie and David Golightly of Charleston, three daughters and two sons in law, Carolyn and Bruce Childers of Charleston; Jeannie and Jeff Anderson of Jackson, MO and Brenda Reed of Jackson, TN; one brother, Billy Cogdill of East Prairie; eight grandchildren, Michael Cogdill, James Cogdill, Kelly Ettenborough, Megan Cogdill, Leslie Carol Ellis, William Golightly, Jennifer Ballinger, Brent Naile and ; 10 great grandchildren, Sam Golightly, Lily Golightly, Christina Golightly, Abbie Ellis, Joey Ellis, Mia Cogdill, Emma Cogdill, Ivy Ettenborough, Hunter Cogdill and C.J. Cogdill.
He was preceded in death by one son, Edward Golightly; five brothers, Jimmy Cogdill, Eugene Cogdill, Frank Cogdill, Mervin Cogdill and Harold Cogdill and by two sisters, Mary Delk and Oline Laughlin.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 4, 2011 at the Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston where funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 5, 2011. Jon Archie, pastor, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home with military graveside rites provided by the Missouri Military Honors Program.
Pallbearers will be Jim Blumenberg, Gene Hall, David Stephens, Michael Johnson, Charlie Marcum, and Eugene Frye.
Born November 13, 1922, in Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Jim and Hazel Lane Cogdill, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life where he farmed until 1964 and then worked at Bunge Corporation at Cairo, IL for 22 years until his retirement in 1985. He was a member of the Elm Street Baptist Church at Charleston where he had served as a deacon and was a US Army Veteran of World War II.
In 1944, he married Sadie Woodard who preceded him in death March 5, 1987. In 1988, he married Christine Counts Golightly, who survives of the home.
Surviving are: two sons and one daughter in law, George, Jr. and Eugenia Cogdill of East Prairie and David Golightly of Charleston, three daughters and two sons in law, Carolyn and Bruce Childers of Charleston; Jeannie and Jeff Anderson of Jackson, MO and Brenda Reed of Jackson, TN; one brother, Billy Cogdill of East Prairie; eight grandchildren, Michael Cogdill, James Cogdill, Kelly Ettenborough, Megan Cogdill, Leslie Carol Ellis, William Golightly, Jennifer Ballinger, Brent Naile and ; 10 great grandchildren, Sam Golightly, Lily Golightly, Christina Golightly, Abbie Ellis, Joey Ellis, Mia Cogdill, Emma Cogdill, Ivy Ettenborough, Hunter Cogdill and C.J. Cogdill.
He was preceded in death by one son, Edward Golightly; five brothers, Jimmy Cogdill, Eugene Cogdill, Frank Cogdill, Mervin Cogdill and Harold Cogdill and by two sisters, Mary Delk and Oline Laughlin.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 4, 2011 at the Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston where funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 5, 2011. Jon Archie, pastor, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home with military graveside rites provided by the Missouri Military Honors Program.
Pallbearers will be Jim Blumenberg, Gene Hall, David Stephens, Michael Johnson, Charlie Marcum, and Eugene Frye.
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