Anna May (Cochrane) (Hermann) Gregath Ann Cochrane Gregath, formerly of Afton, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday, August 11th, at her home in Nashville, Tennessee.
The daughter of John E. Cochrane and Dora Pearl (Lockhart) Cochrane, she was the widow of John E. Gregath, Cullman, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her husbands, parents, a sister, Dora Cochrane Whisler, Bonita Springs, Florida and grandson, Christopher Mark Gregath, Cullman, Alabama.
Mrs. Gregath is survived by her son, John Timothy Gregath and daughter-in law, Lawana Kay (Good) Gregath, of Nashville, Tennessee, and a daughter, Fredrea (Hermann) (Gregath) Cook and son-in-law, Fredas L. Cook, Miami, Oklahoma. She is also survived by three granddaughters, Carrie Ann Cook, Wyandotte, Oklahoma, Madelyn Joy Gregath McLemore and husband, Brent Taylor McLemore, Jackson, Tennessee, and Sabrina Noel Gregath and husband, Marc Vromen, Amsterdam, Netherlands, as well as one grandson, Matthew Brent Gregath, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She is also survived by two great granddaughters, Sophia Claire and Abigail Taylor McLemore, Jackson, Tennessee.
A teacher, writer, and publisher, she founded the Gregath Publishing Company, in Cullman, in 1970. Mrs. Gregath researched and studied allover the United States, Mexico, Canada, the Mediterranean, North Africa, Spain and the Caribbean. Her first works in high school and subsequent family history books prompted her to begin helping others publish their genealogies. She developed genealogical research and writing classes at Wallace State Community College, Hanceville, Alabama, as well as establishing their genealogical library .
A member of numerous genealogical, historical, and patriotic organizations, she was a long time member of the Dripping Springs Chapter, NSDAR, Cullman, Alabama, Cowskin Prairie Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Grove, Oklahoma and the Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars.
Services will be conducted by Byron Vance, First United Methodist Church and held August 16th, at the Moss Chapel, Cullman, Alabama. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests local memorial contributions be made to the Newspaper Archive Fund, through the Cowskin Prairie Chapter, Grove. Checks made payable to the chapter can be mailed to Jean Bohannan, Treasurer, 618041 E 280 RD, Grove, Oklahoma 74344. |