Mrs. Jean S. Cochran

Mrs. Jean S. Cochran, 83, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Cochran will be held on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Barber officiating. Burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family of Mrs. Cochran will receive friends at the church in Building C on Friday from 1:00 PM until the funeral hour. The service will be lived streamed to the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home facebook page beginning at 2:00 PM. Mrs. Cochran was born in Roberta on October 1, 1937, a daughter of the late William and Gladys Gassett Stalnaker. She was a graduate of Crawford County High School and later attended the Marsh Business College, graduating in 1957. Mrs. Cochran was a former resident of Atlanta, Memphis, TN, and Birmingham, AL. She married her husband, Robert G. Cochran in 1957 and they moved to Thomaston in 1961. Mrs. Cochran joined the First Baptist Church in 1961. She was active in the life of the church served as a volunteer in various ministries in the church, most notably the Prayer Ministry. Mrs. Cochran is survived by her husband, Robert G. “Bob” Cochran; her daughter, Susan Cochran of Woodstock; a sister, Peggy S. (Jack) Warner of Morganton; a niece, Dr. Genny Warner of Ashville, NC; a sister-in-law, Betty Cochran of Culloden; nieces, Donna (Vic) Ruffin and Kathy (Ron) Richardson, and a nephew, Mike (Gloria) Cochran, all of Barnesville; and a cousin, Cynthia Dasher of Centralia, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Foundation, 208 S. Church St., Thomaston, GA 30286. Because of the COVID virus, the family of Mrs. Cochran requests that everyone attending the visitation and funeral please follow CDC guidelines and practice social distancing, including wearing masks. Fletcher-Day Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.fletcherdayfuneralhome.com