McClain County, Oklahoma
Obituaries


Dr. J. E. Cochran
Submitted by: Karen Cochran Renfrow

    SURNAMES: COCHRAN, GREEN

    Article in The Purcell (Okla.) Register,
Thursday, December 15, 1966, page 2, "Editorial" section:

Beloved Dr. J.E. Cochran Is Paid Last Respects

Sunday McClain county residents paused Sunday to pay last respects to Doctor J.E. Cochran who was buried in Hillside cemetery Sunday afternoon. Dr. Cochran was loved and respected by thousands of McClain county people. As a country doctor he had nursed and treated thousands of people. He was an attending doctor when some of the most prominent residents of Oklahoma were born in their former McClain county homes. Doctor Cochran as an individual fit affectionately into the life of McClain county people. He was a typical southern gentleman. Born in Alabama, a son of a confederate family, he was endowed with a warm and friendly personality and dedicated to the same organizations of society and politics that were almost universal in McClain county. Like other beloved county doctors who have finished their course in this life, he will not be easily replaced in the life of the Byars community. Article in The Purcell (Okla.) Register, Thursday, December 15, 1966, page 11: Byars News by Gertrude Gaylord Rites Held for Dr. J.E. Cochran Funeral services for Dr. J.E. Cochran, 84, pioneer physician at Byars, were held Sunday. Many friends attended the final rites and also the memorial service at Byars Saturday where he lay in state. Dr. Cochran died December 8 in a Tulsa hospital following an extended illness. He was born June 1, 1882 and was a graduate of the University of Tennessee medical school in 1913. He returned there in 1963 and was honored for 50 years of medical practice. He was an active member of the American Medical Association and the Oklahoma Medical Association and was a past president of the McClain County Medical Association. He was a member of the Methodist church and the Masonic lodge. Dr. Cochran and his wife and two children, William Green and Mildred came to Byars in 1918 where he practiced until his retirement a few years ago. Four more children were born in Byars and all were reared there. He is survived by his wife, Bertie, of the home address; three sons, William Green of Pauls Valley; Joseph, Jr. of Oklahoma City; James Ray of Falls Church, Va.; three daughters, Mrs. Mildred Damon, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Lucille Bishop, Tulsa; Mrs. Maydell Hunt, Sacramento, Calif.; and sister, Mrs. Murphy Eason of Winfield, Ala.; and a number of grandchildren. Casket bearers were: Deryl Milford, Donnie Jones, Ted Clark, Marshall Lee Guinn, Thurman Lerman and Stanley Guinn. Byars lost one if its most loyal citizens and his passing will be greatly mourned by his many friends. Published in Purcell Register, 10-2-1976, P2, C1: Wife of Byars Physician Dies Mrs. Bertie May Cochran, 85, a longtime resident of the Byars and Purcell areas, died Sept. 30 in the Broadlawn nursing home following a extended illness. Born at Guin, Alabama, she moved to Byars in 1917. Her husband, Dr. J.E. Cochran, died in 1966. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Purcell, and the Eastern Star Chapter. Funeral services were held Saturday at the First Baptist Church, Purcell, with Rev. john Meador officiating. Interment was in the Greenhill cemetery, Maysville, under the direction of Winans Funeral Home, Maysville. Mrs. Cochran is survived by three sons, William G. and Joseph, both of Oklahoma City; James of Falls Church, Va.; three daughters, Lucille Bishop, Tulsa; Mildred Daman, Timpson, Tex.; Maydell Hunt, Redlands, Calif.; three sisters, Rose of Houston, Miss.; Lois and Pearl, both of Winfield, Ala.; a brother, Joe Green, Birmingham, Ala.; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.