Fred Cotten

Fred Sylvin Cotten, 99 of Waco passed away at a local care center. Services will be 11am Tuesday, July 11, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, 1300 Columbus Ave., with Dr. David Shuttlesworth officiating. Burial will be 1pm Wednesday at Holland Cemetery in Kountze, Texas. Visitation will be from 6 to 8pm Monday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd.
Fred was born in Hardin County, Texas to William Fletcher and Martha (Rountree) Cotten. He married the love of his life, Bernice Davidson on April 27, 1934, whom preceded him in death in 1979. Fred was a member of the Columbus Avenue Baptist Church since 1933, and was also a Deacon. He was a member of the U.C.T. & Gideons Int. of Waco and retired as a Civil Service Employee at James Connally A.F.B.
He is survived by his daughters, June Duncan, and Amy McCuistion and her husband Bob all of Waco, and Martha Ann Prickitt and her husband Charlie of North Carolina; brothers, Harvey Cotten and wife Ellamae of Rusk and C.J. Cotten and his wife Annalee of La Grange; six granddaughters, two grandsons and seven great-grandchildren.
Memorials to the Columbus Avenue Baptist Church or Gideons Int.