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Joseph Elmore Cockrell

J. E. Cockrell Funeral Held
S.M.U. Suspends for Day Out of Respect to His Memory.

Many hundred friends of Judge Joseph Elmore Cockrell, 67, who died Thursday morning at Baylor Hospital, paid tribute to his memory Saturday afternoon by attending funeral services for him at the home, 4107 Gaston avenue. The high esteem in which the father of Southern Methodist University was held also was evidenced by the profusion of floral offerings. Students of S.M.U., where all classes and student activities were suspended Saturday in respect to the memory of Judge Cockrell, attended in large numbers and many members of the faculty were present. Many members of the Dallas Bar Association, of which Judge Cockrell was past president, attended, as did lawyers from over the State.

Dr. Bradfield Officiates.

Dr. W. D. Bradfield, professor of Christian doctrine at S.M.U., officiated. He was assisted by Dr. Edward R. Barcus, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church, of which Judge Cockrell was a member; Dr. C. C. Selecman, president of Southern Methodist University, and Dr. H. M. Whaling Jr., vice president, Trinity Valley Lodge No. 1045, A.F. & A.M., had charge of services at the grave in Grove Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Clarence Penniman sang two numbers, accompanied by Mrs. Rose Nelson Hughes.

Active pallbearers were L. C. McBride, C. F. O'Donnell, Judge Dexter Hamilton, J. L. Lipscomb, Jack Gillespie, Oscar Bruce, E. H. Shuttles, Judge Edward Gray and Dr. A. L. Folsom. Honorary pallbearers were his host of friends in the city and State.

Judge Cockrell was senior member of the law firm of Cockrell, McBride, O'Donnell & Hamilton at the time of his death. He was chairman of the board of trustees and executive committee of S.M.U. and president of the Dallas National Bank.

Judge Cockrell's Survivors.

Surviving are his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Mary Cockrell, Mrs. Ann Stewart and Mrs. Josephine Watkin, all of Dallas, and Mrs. Jane Adams of Richmond, Va.; a brother, Fred Cockrell of Abilene, and two sisters, Mrs. James K. Duke of Abilene and Mrs. J. B. Triplett of Austin.

The meeting of the Dallas Bar Association scheduled for Saturday was postponed until May 6 in respect to the memory of its distinguished past president.

The following resolution was adopted by the Civic Federation of Dallas:

Whereas, the death of Joseph E. Cockrell has marked the end of a long life full of large and varied usefulness, and

Whereas, among the record of his civic services, he was one of the founders of the Civic Federation of Dallas and for ten years its president and vice president, therefore

Be it resolved, That we express our profound sorrow for the loss of one who gave his life so devotedly to civic and educational affairs of large importance and specifically to the furtherance of this particular movement, and furthermore

Be it resolved, That our deepest sympathy be conveyed to the sorrowing family and with it an expression of appreciation for what his life and service has meant to us.

Character and Attainments of Judge Cockrell Praised at Grace Memorial Service
Fashioned for Leadership, Declares Bishop Moore.
Resolution Voted: Bronze Bust at S.M.U. Advocated as Tribute to Dallas Man.

The late Judge Joseph E. Cockrell lived not unto himself and for himself, but as a citien of his community and country and as a servant of his God, Bishop John M. Moore of the Meethodist Episcopal Church, South, said in an address Sunday morning at Grace Methodist Church, Haskell avenue and Junius street, North Dallas. The service was in memory of Judge Cockrell, who was a member of that church. The large auditorium was filled almost to capacity by friends and admirers of Judge Cockrell.

Just preceding the address by Bishop Moore, Judge J. C. Muse, chairman of the resolutions committee, read a resolution in memory of Judge Cockrell. Reference to the occasion was also made in their prayer by the pastor, Dr. Edward R. Barcus. Musical numbers were given by the choir directed by Earle D. Behrends. Mrs. Albert E. Smith gave a vocal solo and the male chorus sang with Mr. Behrends taking the solo part. Dr. Barcus also read a resolution that had been adopted by the Dallas City Sunday School Association. Judge Cockrell had served as president of both the city and the State Sunday school associations. Bishop Moore closed his talk by qoting the poem, "About Ber Adherd,"[?] as applicable to the life of Judge Cockrell.

"Cockrell Given Leadership."

"Judge Cockrell was our friend and neighbor and we were much benefited from the beauty of his mind and character, Bishop Moore said. "Any elaborate encomium that might be passed upon him today could not be pleasing to him, so we are here to study and evaluate his life and character that it may be a light for ourselves and others.

"He did not seek honors and distinctions for himself, but because he was such a man as he was, men accorded to him the responsibilities of leadership. Wherever he sat was the head of the table. Others around the table looked to him for counsel and leadership.

"When we come to estimate men we must look we must look to the background from which emmanate streams of beauty and power and glory. In estimating the value of Judge Cockrell's life, we must consider his line of many distinguished ancestors. His father was a distinguished lawyer and jurist. I knew his uncle, who was United States Senator from Missouri. Judge Cockrell was an illustrious representative of a line of leaders. Personality is a creation, but not a fresh creation. It is an embodiment of that which has gone before.

"Geography Infleunces Men."

"Men are made where their lives are wrought out. Geography is a contributor to character. Judge Cockrell drew strength from the rugged countryin which he was nurtured and in which he became a leader of the forces for good. He had a key that unlocked not only the vults of his own personality but also the doors to eternal truth, and he kept them open. He was a Christian and a man of inquiring mind, but when he found anything that he could not understand he was ready to acknowledge it.

"The measure of a man is foiund in his major interests. What things did Judge Cockrell hold highest in his estimation? He was conscious of a voice that aksed what would thou have me do? Judge Cockrell was great because he gave himself to great things, to great service and to the bringing of righteousness into society. He did these things not that he might hold any place or position but that he might express his life. He left a record of service and unselfish achievement that attests that he did express his life in a noble and inspiring manner."

Resolutions Adopted.

The resolution adopted by the church follows:

Grace meethodist mourns the death of Judge Joseph E. Cockrell and with living thought honors his memory, and with heart of love enshrines that memory of him along with the memory of the great servants of the church who are among its honored dead.

God has called Joe Cockrell home to heaven, and may we now with certainty believe that he has heard the voice of the Master saying, "Welcome thou good and faithful servant; enter into the _____ of thy Lord."

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