Mr. Heston Cooksey, Jr.

Mr. Heston Cooksey, Jr., age 76, went Home to his Heavenly Father on Tuesday June 18, 2024, at Randolph Hospice House in Asheboro.

A funeral service will be held 2:00pm Saturday at Community Baptist Church.  A burial will follow at Burnetts Chapel Church Cemetery with military honors given by Randolph County Honor Guard.  The family will receive friends from 12:30-1:30pm in the Family Life Center of Community Baptist Church.

Mr. Cooksey was born in Lawrence County, Kentucky to the late Heston and Katherine Sword Cooksey, Sr. He was a graduate of Virginia Western Community College with a Engineer and Business Degree.  He was a proud veteran of the United States Army, for 8 1/2 years, serving in the Vietnam War and receiving the Bronze Star Medal.  He retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad, with thirty-four years of service, as an electrical engineer.  His hobbies included billiards, fishing, and traveling.

In addition to his parents, Heston was preceded in death by a sister Fayette York of Columbus, Ohio.

Heston is survived by his wife Phyllis Cooksey of Greensboro; children Jeffery Cooksey of Huntington, West Virginia, Jason Cooksey of Ashland, Kentucky, and Niki Hundley of Louisa, Kentucky; stepdaughters Tina Poindexter and Jennifer Baldwin both of Greensboro; stepson Chris Baldwin of Greensboro; sisters Fern Schrickel (Carl) of Kent Ohio, and Patsy Orlovsky of Louisville, Kentucky; brother Jim Cooksey (Carol) of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina; ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Community Baptist Church 1330 Burnetts Chapel Rd. Greensboro, NC 2706.

George Brothers Funeral Service is assisting the family of Mr. Cooksey.

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