Nellie Wright Cotten Mrs. Cotten Dies In Kansas City Mrs, Nellie W. Cotten, 71, Kansas City, died Wednesday , July 11, 1979 in a Kansas City Hospital. She was a native of Miller County and had made her home in Kansas City for the past 30 years. Surviving her are a son, Herschel Cotten of Los Angeles; a brlother, Jewell Wright of Kansas City, and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Sat.at Phillips Funeral Home with the Rev. John Lanter officiating. Burial was in To. Wood Cemetery.