Edith Cossey

Born Aug. 19, 2006, in Dardanelle, Ark., to the late Wiley and Virgie Turner Hicks, she had lived most of her life in Mississippi County and was a member of the Wyatt Baptist Church.

On Oct. 11, 1925, she married Thomas Hobert "T.H." Cossey, who preceded her in death on May 29, 1990.

One son, James Harlen Cossey; three daughters, Catherine Lucille Cossey, Patsy Ann Cossey and Jacqueline Hack; two brothers, James Hicks and Bill Hicks; two great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, also preceded her in death.

Survivors include: three sons, Clifton H. "Butch" Cossey and Charles T. Cossey, both of Wyatt and Perry Cossey of Columbus, Ohio; three daughters, Shirley James of St. Louis and Linda Graham and Mary Lou Kohl, both of Wyatt; one brother, Frank Hicks of Atkins, Ark.; four sisters, Mildred Sevic of Wyatt, Barness Coffey and Mary Sue Persons, both of Dardanelle, and Ruby Neeley of Ola, Ark.; and 22 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren and 23 great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, where services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Dean Wallace, pastor of the Wyatt Baptist Church, will officiate. Jennifer James, a granddaughter, will give the eulogy.

Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.