Willie N Cothran Jr

Mr. Willie Newton Cothran, Jr., 66, self-employed roofer and former resident of Mt. Pleasant, died Friday, March 7, 2008 at Trinity Hospital in Erin, Tennessee. A memorial service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Joe Rhodes officiating. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 5 - 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Cross Bridges Baptist Church, 2881 N. Cross Bridges Rd., Columbia, TN 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Maury County native was the son of the late Willie Newton Cothran, Sr. and Gladys Pearl Roberts Cothran. He was a member of the Baptist church. Survivors include a daughter, Debbie Faye Cothran Boyd of Mt. Pleasant; a son, Danny (Deana) Cothran of Nashville; four grandchildren, Chris Davis of Mt. Pleasant, Ben Cothran, Samantha Cothran and Sheila Cothran all of Texas; four brothers, Lewis (Pat) Cothran of Culleoka, Robert (Jinny) Cothran of Mt. Joy, Jeffrey Cothran of Mt. Pleasant, Mark (Julie) Filson of Hampshire; five sisters, Martha Sharp and Linda (Nelson) Rhodes both of Mt. Pleasant, Betty (David) Dyer and Helen Bell both of Culleoka, Velda Filson of Columbia; nephews, Garry Dyer, Greg Dyer, James Lewis Cothran, Johnny Cothran, Shane Cothran, Joe Rhodes, Kevin Rhodes, Tim Bell, Johnathan Cothran, Matt Cothran, Luke Cothran, Chris Craig, John Filson, Adam Filson; nieces, Alesia Beshears, Michelle Hood, Kim Owens, Robin Fogel, Victoria Filson, Sarah Gibson; double first cousins, Pat McKennon, Jimmy Faye Chapman, Dorothy Longsdorf; and mother of his children, Linda Uselton Cothran. He was preceded in death by a brother, Neal Cothran, two sisters, Mildred Kelley, Joyce Spurlock, a nephew, Jason Craig and brother-in-law, L.C. Bell.