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• Person ID	I29890	A Tree Called Smith
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  Father	Herman Alton Cothran,   b. 10 Jul 1918, Kentucky, USA d. 30 Aug 1986 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Nella Scott,   b. 18 Jul 1921, Golden Pond, Trigg, Kentucky, USA d. 1 Jan 2013, Brook, Newton, Indiana, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	21 May 1938	LaPorte, Trigg, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F13348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S4843] Legacy: Obituary of Nella Cathran •Jan 2013, (Name: The Enterprise; Location: Newton County; Date: 16 Jan 2013;), Nella Scott Cothran -- Publication Date: 14/ Feb/ 2013; Publication Place: West Frankfort, Indiana Published by Newton County Enterprise from Jan. 16 to Feb. 14, 2013. Nella Cothran, 91, of Brook, formerly of LaPorte, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 at 12:25 a.m. at the George Ade Memorial Health Care Center in Brook. She was born July 18, 1921, in Golden Pond, Ky., to the late Alvin and Tempie Lee Dixon Scott. On May 21, 1938, she married Herman Alton Cothran in Cadiz, Ky. He preceded her in death in May 1986 in LaPorte. Mrs. Cothran was a homemaker and a volunteer at LaPorte Hospital. Surviving are two sons, Wm. Glenn (Vivian) Cothran of Brook, and Dolton Ray (Ruth) Cothran of Beaver Island, Minn.; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and three sisters. A visitation was held Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, from 9-10 a.m. at the Gerts Funeral Home in Brook. Funeral services followed at 10 a.m. with Rev. Jack Cox officiating. Internment took place at the Chapel Lawn Memorial cemetery in Schererville, Friday, Jan. 4, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to be given to the Dixon Cemetery Fund in Cadiz, Ky. Gerts Funeral Home of Brook was in charge of arrangements. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ncenterprise-info/obituary.aspx?n=nella-cothran&pid=162392275 Obituary-COTHRAN Nell (Scott) Nella Scott Cothran -- Publication Date: 14/ Feb/ 2013; Publication Place: West Frankfort, Indiana, USA Published by Newton County Enterprise from Jan. 16 to Feb. 14, 2013.