Joe Bob Cotten Obituary, Hot Spring County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dennis Gibson - grandfather Date: 3/19/2006 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Joe Bob Cotten Mar 8, 1973 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette J. B. Cotten Benton–J. B. Cotten, aged 64, of Benton died Tuesday. He was a retired Reynolds Cable Company employe and a member of the Assembly of God Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Almitta Beyerly Cotten; three sons, Bobby Cotten of Nebraska and Loal and Lester Cotten, both of Benton; four daughters, Mrs. C. H. Sprague Sr. Of Texas and Mrs. Arlie Blair, Mrs. Paul Simmons, and Mrs. Roland Gibson, all of Benton; a stepson, Clifton Beyerly of Benton; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Hick Bordelon of Louisiana; two brothers, Willie Cotten of Little Rock and Leslie Cotten of Malvern; a sister, Mrs. Porter Hensley of Benton, and 22 grandchildren. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. today at Ashby Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Fairplay Cemetery. (Arkansas Gazette, Mar. 8, 1973)