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Gary Cockrell

July 17, 1949 - August 31, 2019
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Wiley Funeral Home Chapel in Glen Rose
504 Holden Street
Glen Rose, TX 76043
Saturday 9/7, 10:00 am
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Mitchell Cemetery
CR 2142
Iredell, TX 76649

GLEN ROSE – Gary Floyd Cockrell, 70, passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, at his home in Glen Rose.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Wiley Funeral Home, 504 Holden St., Glen Rose. Burial: Mitchell Cemetery, Iredell.

Gary Floyd Cockrell was born July 17, 1949, in Pampa, the only son and middle of three children to the late Floyd and Dorothy Snuggs Cockrell. He made his career with the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant for many years and married the former Betty Kathryn Mayben in Pampa on Sept. 8, 1974. Gary and Betty made their home in Bosque County for the last 36 years where his passion was raising pigs, cows, and finally goats and dogs.

Gary was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Leah Grace Cockrell; and his parents.

Survivors include his wife of almost 45 years, Betty Cockrell; children, Clinton Floyd Cockrell and wife, Joahnna, and Wendy Kathryn Cockrell; grandsons, Ellis and Evan Cockrell; sisters, Becky Currie and husband, Neil, and Sue Snider and husband, Charlie; niece, Suzette Snider Dorris; nephews, Rod Snider, Brandon Currie, and Colby Currie; and a host of loving family and friends.

 

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Wiley Funeral Home Chapel in Glen Rose
504 Holden Street
Glen Rose, TX 76043
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Saturday 9/7, 10:00 am
Cemetery
Mitchell Cemetery
CR 2142
Iredell, TX 76649
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GLEN ROSE – Gary Floyd Cockrell, 70, passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, at his home in Glen Rose. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Wiley Funeral Home, 504 Holden St., Glen Rose. Burial: Mitchell Cemetery, Iredell. Gary Floyd Cockrell was born July 17, 1949, in Pampa, the only son and middle ofContinue Reading

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Jim Baksinski left a message on September 4, 2019:
You were a good friend all the many years we worked together. You will be missed. When a life has been touched by a special person, the love lives on forever in our memories and in our hearts.
Vone Foley left a message on September 4, 2019:
Betty I am so sorry for the lost of Gary! My prayers are with you and the family!
Mickey Koonsman left a message on September 3, 2019:
Good friend..good man
Wiley Funeral Home left a message:
Please accept our deepest condolences for your family's loss.
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