Vivian Wylie Cogbill, 95, died Friday, January 28, 2022 at her home in the Beech Grove Community. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Shultz Funeral Home. The family will greet friends on Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Born in Chester, Texas and delivered by mid-wives by the light of a kerosene lamp she lived to see her great-grandchildren using cell phone and laptop computers. She graduated from Chester High School in May of 1944 and first married in 1945. In 1961 she started working in Jasper at the old Hardy Hancock Hospital and then at the Mary Dickerson Hospital from the day that it opened until 1982. In 1975, she married William Cogbill and moved to the Beech Grove Community. She is survived by her daughter, Jean Thornton; son, Walter Wigley &wife Cathy; and stepson, Clinton Smith; a sister Gladys Toney; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Vivian was preceded in death by her husband, William, in 2010. Condolences can be posted at www.shultzfuneralhomeofjasper.com or on Facebook at Shultz Funeral Home &Crematory.
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