Obituary of Dorothy Jean Cockrell

Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Jean Cockrell, age 84, of Bastrop, LA, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, October 31, 2024 at the chapel of Golden Funeral Home with Bro. Dennis Hackler officiating. Interment will follow in Carter Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. Thursday. Mrs. Cockrell passed away Tuesday, October 29, 2024. She held a Masters Degree +30 and taught school for thirty three years. She was also a member of Cherry Ridge Baptist Church and numerous homemaker and quilting clubs. She also had a love for traveling and seeing the world away of home. Mrs. Cockrell is survived by her children, Chris Cockrell and wife Charmon, Stacey Cockrell and wife Sandra, Karen Caldwell and husband Mark all of Bastrop, LA; siblings, Ted Gray and wife Theresa, William Earl Gray and wife Sue Ellen; grandchildren, Paige Randolph, Hunter Cockrell, Chase Cockrell, Alyssa McKoin, Eli Caldwell, Gage Cockrell; great grandchildren, Riley Randolph, Noah Randolph, Camden Randolph, Jones David Cockrell and Hollis McKoin. She is preceded in death by her parents, William R. and Dorothy Gray and a great grandson, Baker Byrnside. Serving as pallbearers will be Hunter Cockrell, Chase Cockrell, Eli Caldwell, Gage Cockrell, Tanner Caldwell, Cayden Caldwell and Mason Caldwell.