MARY VENABLE COCHRUM

Graveside services for Mary Venable Cochrum will take place Thursday, Dec.3, at 2 p.m. at Union Cemetery near Freestone. Rev. Richard Gillet will officiate. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.

Mrs. Cochrum, 81, passed away Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, at Wesley Woods Health Center in Hewitt.

She was born Jan. 22, 1939, in Waco and grew up in Waco and graduated from University High School with the class of 1957.

She furthered her education at Baylor University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education in 1961 and a Master’s Degree in Art Education in 1968.

She married William Troy Cochrum Dec. 26, 1965 and shared over 52-years of marriage together before being separated by his death July 25, 2018.

The couple was inseparable most of their lives and especially loved to hunt and fish together for many years.

Mrs. Cochrum worked as a teacher and owned a ceramic shop for many years. She was a Methodist by faith.

She is survived by one son, Garnett Cochrum of Waco; one daughter, Jamie Cochrum Beard and husband Scott of Groesbeck; six grandchildren, Dylan Dean Cochrum and wife Justina O’Connell, Travis Clay Cochrum, Ty Allen Rawls, Natalie Rowe Stephenson, Courtney Diane Castlow and husband Billy, and Jesse Eldridge Beard; two great-grandchildren, Harper Mary Cochrum and Harlin Jean Cochrum; Durwood Cochrum and wife Billie Ann other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Cochrum was preceded in death by her husband, William Troy Cochrum; one grandson, Brandon Cole Turner; two brothers, John Venable and Robert Venable; and one daughter-in-law, Linda Marie Cochrum. Please visit our website at www.bowersfuneralhome.net to sign the memorial guestbook or to leave a message for the family.