Erastus Simeon Cottrell Obituary, Desha County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dian Trace - grandchild Date: 6/15/05 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Erastus Simeon Cottrell 12/4/73 Pine Bluff Commercial MCGEHEE - E. S. Cottrell, 74, of Arkansas City died today at McGehee- Desha County Hospital. He was a retired farmer. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Bawcom Cottrell; three sons, Clyde Cottrell of Arkansas City, John A. Cottrell of Springdale and Lloyd Cottrell of McGehee; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Stinson of Arkansas City and Mrs. Bonnie Mae Richardson of Indianapolis; three brothers, John Cottrell of McGehee, George Cottrell and Earl Cottrell, both of Louisiana. 11 grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Dyer Funeral Home here. Burial will be at Sardis Cemetery near Hamburg. (*Note : Wife and daughter's names, printed as "Bonnie", are actually Vonnie.)