BERTHA COTHREN
Henderson, TN: Bertha Mae Wilkins Cothren, age 81 passed away Sunday June 28, 2020 at Adamsville Healthcare.
She was born October 21, 1938 in Hardin County, Hookers Bend Community, and raised at Morris Chapel the daughter of the late Russell Andrew and Edna Clarise Stanfill Wilkins. She graduated Morris Chapel High School in 1956. She was a homemaker and had worked fifteen years at Mission Plastic in Jackson. She was married to Raymond Earl Cothren in 1991. They made their home in the Sweetlips Community.
Mrs. Cothren is survived by a son, James David Graham (Paula) of Malesus; a daughter, Sheila Dianne Jones of Henderson; step sons, Jerry Cothren (Judy) of Henderson and Mike Cothren (Rita) of Jacks Creek, step-daughters, Lois Ann Brown (Wayne) of Bolivar and Lisa Marie Lawrence (John) of Memphis; several grandchildren and several great grandchildren and a brother, Joe Ellis Wilkens of Vandalia, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Raymond Cothren (2012).
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, at House of Prayer Church with Jerry Cothren and Mike Cothren officiating. Burial will follow in House of Prayer Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at House of Prayer Church 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM Service time Wednesday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
731-989-2421