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Visitation:
Visitation will be from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Thursday,
August 5, 2021 in the Kissee-Schofield-Eakins
Funeral Home.
Service:
2:00 p.m. Thursday, August 5, 2021 in the Kissee-Schofield-Eakins
Funeral Home.
Burial with full military honors will be private in
Lincoln, Illinois.
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home
Obituary
Raymond Lee Cotton, 93 of Rockaway
Beach, MO, passed away at home on Friday, July 30,
2021. Visitation will be from 12:00 – 2:00 P.M.
Thursday, August 5, 2021 in the Kissee-Schofield-Eakins
Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at 2:00
P.M. with Pastor Howard Kenyon officiating. Burial
with full military honors will be private in
Lincoln, Illinois.
Ray was born on Saturday, November 12, 1927 in
Eureka, Illinois to Snowden “Doc” and Eula Mae
(Jones) Cotton. Ray served in the U.S. Navy on the
U.S.S. Bordelon as a Metal smith. After his service
in the Navy, Ray spent his career as a plumber and
owned his own business, Cotton Mechanical, in
Lincoln, Illinois. Ray was a longstanding member of
the VFW, Elks, 40 & 8, American Legion and was a
33rd degree Anzar Shriner.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents; first
wife, Carol, and their daughter, Cheryl. |
He is survived by his wife, Emogene Cotton of Rockaway Beach;
daughters, Lisa Cotton of Decatur Illinois and Karen Carter of Rochester
Illinois; four step children, Ricky, Norman, Roxanne and Larry and eleven
grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to:
Shriners Hospital for Children
PO Box 86375
Orlando, FL 32886
https://www.shrinershospitalsfor
children.org/shc
Local arrangements are under the direction of Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home.
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