Wincie Irene Cockroft
Wincie Irene Cockroft, 95, of Burnet, died March 25, 2010, in Burnet. She was born Aug. 7, 1914, in Quitman, Ark., to Lawson and Zellie Barringer Perkins.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Burnet. She formerly lived in Seymour, where she married Jessie Cockroft Nov. 4, 1933. She was a member of the First Baptist Church there for many years, where she taught Sunday school.
Survivors include her son Danny Cockroft and his wife Susie of Burnet; grandsons Cody Cockroft and wife Kina of Katy, and Zachary Cockroft of Austin; brother L.C. Perkins of Hobbs, N.M.; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years in 2000; her parents; brothers John, Morris and Jarrell; and sister Ethel Zonell Jackson.
A visitation is 6- 8 p.m. March 27 at Edgar Funeral Home, 109 N. Main St. in Burnet.
A funeral service is 2 p.m. March 28 at the First Baptist Church in Burnet, with Dr. Ricky Guenther and the Rev. Michael Wiggins officiating.
Interment will follow the service at Post Mountain Cemetery in Burnet.