Funeral services for Jettie Lee Cockrell, 103, of Wills Point, are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 2, 2017, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point with Pastor Bryan Easley officiating. Interment will follow at Salem Cemetery in Alba.

She passed away Tuesday morning, January 31, 2017, in Wills Point.

Jettie was born August 5, 1913, in Seymour, Texas, the daughter of Oscar Cherry and Leona Harrison Cherry. She was raised in Quitman, where she attended school. Jettie was married to Roy James White on September 24, 1934, in Quitman and later married Harvey Cockrell. She was employed as a cook for Phillips Cafe in Edgewood and other restaurants, retiring at the age of 75. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and canning foods. Jettie was a member of Silver Lake Baptist Church.

Preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Leona Cherry; husband, Roy James White on March 28, 1955; two sons, J.W. White and Ocie White; daughter, Ester Wilson; one brother and four sisters.

Jettie is survived by two sons, Forrest White & wife, Wanda, of Wills Point and Fritz White & wife, Kitty, of Wills Point; two daughters, Essie Green, of Balch Springs and Glenda Bunch, of Terrell; sister, Cleo Lyles, of Grand Saline; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.