The Southern Illinoisan, Friday, June 16, 1967 MRS. COCKRUM, FORMER SESSER RESIDENT, DIES Mrs. Grace Cockrum 74, former Sesser resident, died at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Springfield Memorial Hospital. She had been living in Auburn. She was born Sept. 4, 1892, in Benton, daughter of Monroe and Ellen Hutchins Batts. Her husband, Francis Marion Cockrum, died in 1962. Mrs. Cockrum leaves her sons, Denzil of Decatur, Marion of Auburn and Raymond of Rt. 1, Granite City; a daughter, Mr. Mildred Mabus of Sesser; a sister, Mrs. Olean Hart of Marion; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Brayfield Funeral Chapel, Sesser, with the Rev. Wesley Odle officiating. Burial will be in Horse Prairie Cemetery northeast of Sesser. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.