Ernestine Vickers Cooksey Obituary
With solemn reverence, we commemorate Ernestine Vickers Cooksey (Opelika, Alabama), whose life came to an end on June 15, 2025 at the age of 98, leaving behind cherished memories. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Harmon Wilson Vickers and Mattie Martha Collins Vickers; her former husband Lamar Augustus McKinnon; her siblings, Jesse Wilson Vickers (Frances), Herman Willard Vicker (Montine), William Walter Vickers (Betty), Gerald Wesley Vickers (Erma), James Wendell Vickers, Hershel Clyde Vickers and Wyelene Elizabeth Frazier (Curtis); and her granddaughter Wendy Ann Shelby Miller.
She is survived by: her husband Leon Kenneth Cooksey; her children, Marlene McKinnon Cruze (Glen), Marshall Eugene Cooksey (Kathy) and Leslie Kenneth Cooksey (Christie); her grandchildren, Patricia Cooksey Smith (Charles), Michelle Cooksey King (Chris), Morgan Cooksey, Haydan Cooksey Brown (Brandon), Cindy Webber (Scott) and James Scott Shelby (Amy); and her great grandchildren, Autumn Smith, Cole Smith, Nolan Smith, Charlotte King, Mason King, Amalie Brown (Cray), James Shelby (Lauren), Savannah Cooksey-Murphy, Aubrie Brown, Remington Brown and Lakelyn Brown.
The family requests flowers be sent to the funeral home, in honor of Mrs. Cooksey's love for gardening, or that donations be made to Trinity church.
