
| Name | Noah Irby COCKERILL [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] | |
| Suffix | Jr. | |
| Birth | 2 Sep 1927 | Silver Community of Clarendon County, South Carolina [1] |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina 1830 Twelve Bridges Road, Sumter, South Carolina at death- he had 12 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren His sister’s obituary gives the spelling of his last name as Cockrell. jkh NOAH I. COCKERILL Jr. Noah Irby Cockerill Jr., 83, husband of Dorothy Marie Thames Cockerill, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, at his home. Born Sept. 2, 1927, in the Silver Community of Clarendon County, he was the son of the late Noah Irby Cockerill Sr. and the late Retha Mae Hodge Cockerill. He was a retired glass blower, a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, and a church member of Unity Baptist Fellowship. Survivors, in addition to his wife of Sumter, are two sons, Glenn Allison Cockerill and his wife, Tanaporn "Lynn," of Sumter, Gerald Wayne Cockerill and his wife, Helen, of Goldsboro, N.C.; three daughters, Patricia Diane Geddings and her husband, Mikey, of Sumter, Janie Louise Pye and her husband, Tommy, of Columbia, Eadie Marie McKenzie and her husband, Harry, of Kingstree; a brother, William M. Cockerill of Sumter; two sisters, Susie Mae Scurry and Margaret Cockerill, both of Sumter; 12 grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. He is also survived by his "second" family, the staff and customers of the Sportsman Stop 'N' Shop. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday in the chapel of Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home, 515 Miller Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Pete Mixon and the Rev. Jimmy Atkerson officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park in Sumter. Pallbearers will be Michael Geddings, Tommy Norman, Ricky Kolb, Jeffrey Thames, Eric Brown, Jimmy Giles and Woody Scurry. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Unity Baptist Fellowship, 1760 Twelve Bridges Road, Sumter, S.C. 29150. Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements. www.stephensfuneralhome.org [3, 4, 10, 13] | |
| MILI | He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. [13] | |
| Reference Number | 1368 | |
| _UID | 1FC781399B3E42519A831A92E51C1F918679 | |
| Death | 13 Nov 2010 | at his home |
| Burial | 15 Nov 2010 | Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [13] |
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| Person ID | I18351 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 13 Jan 2021 | |
| Father | Noah Irby COCKERILL, Sr., b. 21 Dec 1900, Sumter, South Carolina d. 6 Nov 1962, Sumter, South Carolina (Age 61 years) | |
| Mother | Retha Mae “Retha” HODGE, b. 8 Apr 1901, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 28 Jun 1979, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 78 years) | |
| Marriage | 21 Dec 1918 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| _UID | FF83CB14F0AB481DA246BB20E17285393542 | |
| _UID | FF83CB14F0AB481DA246BB20E17285393542 | |
| Family ID | F13015 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Dorothy Marie “Dot” THAMES, b. 11 Feb 1931, Cortland, Cortland County, New York d. 10 Oct 2011, at her home in Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 80 years) | |||||||||||||
| Marriage | 31 Aug 1947 | Providence Baptist Church, Sumter County, South Carolina |
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| _UID | 8B5BADF5FDC3481EAA54FC6B283D95F40117 | |||||||||||||
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| Family ID | F12978 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||||||||||
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