Bertie Mae Culpepper Cochran

Bertie Mae Culpepper Cochran, 75, of Gulfport, died Saturday, November 24, 2012. Bertie was preceded in death by her father and mother, Horace and Nola Mae Culpepper; and two brothers, Jackson Culpepper, Sr. and Jimmie Culpepper. Her survivors include her three daughters, Darlene Culpepper of Coden, AL, Annie (Ron) Angers of Escatawpa, MS and Janette Irene Ferrill of Gulfport, MS; three sons, Leroy Cochran of Gulfport, MS, Johnny Cochran of Biloxi, MS and Bobby Cochran of Gulfport, MS; one sister, Rita (Ed) Taylor of Orange Grove, MS; four brothers, Robert Culpepper of Lucedale, MS, ray (Marie) Culpepper of Hiram, GA, Frankie Culpepper of Gautier, MS and Tommy (Mary) Culpepper of Pascagoula, MS; sister-in-law, Peggy Culpepper of Gautier, MS; daughter-in-law, Shannon Cochran of Gulfport, MS; five grandchildren; and many great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 29, 2012. Funeral service will be held Friday, November 30, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. all at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Machpelah Cemetery.