Walter Roscoe Cockerham Walter passed May 4, after a long illness. He was born on Aug. 16, 1934, to William Roscoe and Elsie Leora Cockerham in Stigler, Okla. He and his family moved to Blue Ridge, Ariz., where he attended school. They then moved to Winslow in 1952. He met and married Barbara Jill Walker in February of 1955. Walter went to work for Santa Fe Railway in 1956. He retired after over 40 years of service as a bridge and builder foreman, he started out as a carpenter’s helper, then a carpenter, bridge inspector and then a foreman. He is survived by three sons, Walter Randy, William “Billy” Chris, James David; daughter, Tammy Lea Smithson; five grandchildren, Jesse Walker, Jason Loring, William David Cockerham, Christopher Cockerham and Shandi Jade (Wallace) Norris; four great-grandchildren, Jesse Walker, Emma and Alana Cockerham, and Cora Lee Norris. He is preceded in death by his mom and dad; two brothers, David and Donald Cockerham; and two infant babies, Belinda Jo and Timothy Ray Cockerham. Greer’s Mortuary of Winslow handled the arrangements.
