This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hancock, Coggin, Lombard Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1096 Message Board Post: transcribed for Mel bakerman38@darnfastnet.com Merced Sun Star, Merced, CA. Monday, Sept 9, 1974 page 8 Homer Hancock Funeral rites are pending here for Homer William Hancock, 78 year old Merced resident who died at his home Saturday. Mr. Hancock, born June 27, 1896, in Ohio, was a retired laborer. He was a resident of Merced for the past nine months. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Coggin, Merced, a son, Robert, Cerritos; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Stratford Evans Merced Chapel is in charge of arrangements.