Don Cockroft's Obituary
DON W. COCKROFT, SR., 73, died March 9, 2011. The family will receive friends Friday, March 11 from 5-8 p.m., and Funeral Services will be held Saturday, March 12 at 3:30 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home. A private Entombment will follow in the Mausoleum in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Cockroft was the President of United Inns, Inc., member of Memphis Power Squadron, a graduate of University of Oklahoma and a member of ATO. He was a past member of the Rotary Club, and had a true love for boating and being on the water. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. William B. Cockroft and Gladys Blades Cockroft. Mr. Cockroft leaves his wife of 52 years, Peggy Cockroft; two daughters, Debra Kay Hardin and her husband, Kevin and Peggy Deanne Bush and her husband, Brian; one son, Don Cockroft, Jr. and his wife, Jody; two sisters, Janet January and her husband, Bob and Katherine “Kitty” Lammons and her husband, Howard; one brother, Dr. Robert L. Cockroft and his wife, Kathy; grand-children, John, Klint, Blade, Alex, Courtney and Haily; great-grandchildren, Rio and Savannah. Memorials can be made to LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center. Memorial Park Funeral Home, “Behind the stone wall”, 901-767-8930. Condolences may be offered at www.MemorialParkOnline.com
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