Rowena Lockhart COCKE^[1]

1886 - 1959  (73 years)

• Name	Rowena Lockhart COCKE
  Birth	1 Jul 1886	Columbus, Lowndes Co, MS   [1]
  Gender	Female
  never married	Rowena never married.
  Death	6 Oct 1959	Morganton, Burke Co, NC   [1]
  	Rowena died at Broughton Hospital in Morganton, North Carolina at 2:40pm on 6 October 1959. She was 73 years old at the time of her death. Cause of death was noted as "coronary artery disease".
  Burial	8 Oct 1959	Columbus, Lowndes Co, MS   [1]
  	Her body was interred in the Cocke family plot at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi on 8 October 1959.
  Person ID	I63177	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Charles Hartwell COCKE,   b. 12 Mar 1851, Powhatan Co, VA d. 12 Jun 1896, Columbus, Lowndes Co, MS (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Rowena Lockhart HUDSON,   b. 24 Jul 1854, Columbus, Muscogee Co, GA d. 28 Nov 1924, Ashville, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1876	Columbus,Lowndes Co, MS   [2, 3]
  	The couple was married on the morning of 6 June 1876 in Columbus, Mississippi by Rev. W. W. Wadsworth of the First Methodist Church.
  Family ID	F7234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S3101] Rowena L. Cocke, North Carolina death certificate no. 26400 (1959). [S2959] "Cocke family Bible record, 1688 - 1902", leaf 22., Accession no. 25589. [S4968] Bernard J. Henley, compiler, Henley Marriage & Obituary Database. Cocke - Hudson marriage announcement, Richmond Daily Whig, Richmond, VA, 15 June 1876 (p. 1, c. 7).