Mrs. Cotton died March 24 at the Christian Care Center in Kuttawa following a long illness. She was a housewife.
Her parents were Thomas and Ruby Riggins Brown. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Cotton; two brothers, Johnny and Junior Brown; two sisters, Ethel and Rose Oliver; and two great-grandchildren.
Survivors are: a son, Barry Cotton of Eddyville; four daughters, Denise Prowell of Princeton, Lucy Thompson of Benton, Mary Daricek of Kuttawa, and Nancy Cotton of Princeton; a sister, Mary Oliver of Princeton; 10 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchil; and several nieces and nephews.

