COGDELL, CHARLES FRANK - Deaf Smith County, Texas | CHARLES FRANK COGDELL - Texas Gravestone Photos

Charles Frank COGDELL

West Park (aka Hereford) Cemetery
Deaf Smith County,
Texas

"Chuck"
July 31, 1953-April 9, 1978

*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell

*Obituary
WT student found dead, cause not known

A West Texas State student was found dead at his apartment Sunday.

Charlie Frank Cogdell, a senior from Hereford, was discovered by his roommate, Richard W. Smith, about 11 a.m. Sunday morning.

According to justice of the peace Bill Wilson, who was summoned to rule on the death, Cogdell had been dead since sometime Saturday. Cause of death is still not known and an autopsy report is pending.

Cogdell, 24, was found in bed. Wilson said Smith reported that he had seen Cogdell in bed about 11 p.m. the night before.

(Published in The Canyon News (Canyon, Texas) - 13 Apr 1978, Thu - Page 8)

Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Charles Frank Cogdell
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1953
Birth Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Frank Marcellus Cogdell
Mother: Belva Marie Seed
Roll number: 1953_0003

Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Charles Frank Cogdell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 24
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1953
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Canyon, Randall, Texas, USA
Death Date: 9 Apr 1978
Death Place: Canyon, Randall, Texas, USA
Father: Frank Cogdell
Mother: Marie Seed
Certificate Number: 31413

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Charles Cogdell
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1953
Issue Year: 1962
Issue State: Texas
Last Benefit: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: Apr 1978

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Charles Frank Cogdell [Charles Cogdell]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 31 Jul 1953
Birth Place: Hereford Dea, Texas
Death Date: Apr 1978
Notes: Jan 1963: Name listed as CHARLES FRANK COGDELL; 30 Dec 1987: Name listed as CHARLES COGDELL

Contributed on 5/17/22 by neldapat
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Submitted: 5/17/22 • Approved: 5/18/22 • Last Updated: 5/21/22 • R513692-G0-S3

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