Ophelia Webb Cochran

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Mrs. Ophelia Webb Cochran, 92, of Blytheville, died Monday, July 13, 2015 in Little Rock. Born December 22, 1922, in Birdsong to the late Lorenzo Webb and the late Florence Marzetta Webb, she was a retired housekeeper and a member of the New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church of Blytheville.

In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Cochran, her step-mother, Melvina Webb, one daughter, two sons, six sisters and three brothers.

Mrs. Cochran leaves two daughters, Frankie Jushaway of San Diego, Calif. and Linda (George) Ayers of Little Rock;

Three sons, John (Annie) Cochran, Thelipous (Netta) Cochran and Sammie (Pauline) Cochran, all of San Diego, Calif.;

Nine grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 18th at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Haynes officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Friday, July 17th at the New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.