It all began in Wybark, Oklahoma, when Wayman George and Emma Cotton were blessed with a bouncing, baby boy on September 19, 1944. They named him Lucious William Cotton.


Lucious accepted Christ at an early age, at the Oak Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church, where he attended with his father. While growing up, he attended school at Oak Grove, Okay and Wagoner Schools.


Lucious was always on the go, making a deal, some very good, some very bad! Mr. Cotton loved feeding people and helping people. He would work around the farm with his father, doing various jobs. Lucious was well loved by an abundance of people.


After 67 seasons of life, Lucious William Cotton made his transition from Earth to Everlasting. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, two brothers, a daughter, Linda and a loving aunt, Carnetta Starnes.


Those that remain to cherish loving memories; his step-mother, Jewel Cotton, Wybark, Oklahoma; his son, Darrell Brown, Muskogee, Oklahoma; his sister, Wilma Jean [Earnton] Meeks, Omaha, Nebraska; his nieces, Wanda [Rodney] Meeks-Lee, Gail Meeks, all of Omaha, Nebraska; his nephews, Brian Coker, Texas, John [Stacy] Coker, Sr., Henry [Trina] Brown, Jr., and Matthew Brown, all of Muskogee, Oklahoma and Eric Meeks, Omaha, Nebraska; a caravan of step-children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren as well as a long-time, loving friend, Phyllis Jones; and a host of other friends.

The Service of Memory for Mr. Cotton will be on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM in the St. Mark Baptist Church. Reverend Rodger Cutler, Pastor will preside.

Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery at Gibson Station, Oklahoma.

You may visit Mr. Cotton, as he slumbers in peaceful repose at the funeral home on Friday from 12 Noon to 6 PM., and on Saturday beginning at 1:00 PM at the Church until service time. The casket will not be opened at the conclusion of the ceremony.