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Joan Cotham

1934 - 2025

BORN

1934

DIED

2025

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Lee Memorial Funeral Home - Tupelo

5257 Raymond Avenue

Tupelo, Mississippi

Joan Cotham Obituary

Joan Cotham, 91, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2025, from Sanctuary Hospice House. She was born January 12, 1934 in Lee County to Noonan and Winnie Sheffield Riley. She was a homemaker and a member of Auburn Baptist Church.

Graveside Services will be at 1 PM Saturday at Dorsey Cemetery. Lee Memorial Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.

She is survived by her two sons, Kirk Cotham (Jennifer) and Craig Cotham; two grandchildren, Grady Cotham and Spencer Cotham; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Louis Cotham; ten siblings.

For online condolences and guest registry, visit www.leememorialonline.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Daily Journal from Dec. 31, 2025 to Jan. 4, 2026.

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1:00 p.m.

Dorsey Cemetery

Hwy. 178, Mantachie

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5257 Raymond Avenue, Tupelo, MS 38879

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