Edgar C. Cooksey

Edgar C. Cooksey, age 88, of Winnsboro, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2007. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 30, 1918. He was a horse jockey, longshoreman, and a member of the Central Christian Church of Winnsboro. He is preceded in death by his mother and step-father, Ophelia Soward and Lloyd Soward; wife, Catheryn Cooksey; son, Russell Cooksey. He is survived by two sons, Lloyd Cooksey of Tacoma, Wa., John Cooksey and wife Tanya of Vancouver, Wa.; daughter, Rosemary Hubbard and husband George of Winnsboro; one sister, Florine Wheeler of Camas, Wa.; eight grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.