Mr. Ransom Cochran Jr.

COCHRAN, Mr. Ransom Jr., - Age 79, passed away Monday, December 11, 2023, at University of Michigan Hospital- Ann Arbor. Family hour 10:00 AM Saturday, December 16, 2023, from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral services commencing at 11:00 AM Pastor K.D. Yarber, officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 10:00 AM Saturday. Mr. Cochran will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and may be viewed from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Friday. Mr. Ransom Cochran Jr., the son of Ransom Sr. and Azella Cochran, was born of April 29, 1944 in Blackstock, South Caroline. He passed away peacefully on December 11, 2023 at the University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mr. Cochran attended General Motors Institute (GMI) Technical Trades School and later completed the GM-UAW Apprenticeship Program and received his Millwright Journeyman Card in 1972. His employment in the General Motors Engineering Management Systems Department continued for 38 years. He was a member of the Eureka Lodge #16 F. & A.M., the New Creation Church of God and was the Assistant Teacher for the New Creation Church Friday night Sunday School Class. Mr. Cochran had a beautiful Baritone voice and loved singing with the Eureka Lodge #16 Glee Club, The Brothers in Christ, The Men’s Group at the New Creation Church and the Voices of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. His other favorite pastimes included watching NBA Basketball, NFL Football, Track & Field Competitions and Gold Mr. Cochran was a loving, intelligent family man who had a strong passion for children and spent many years tutoring young children in reading and math privately in his home. Later he and his wife founded the Motherly Intercession Nonprofit Organization, where he tutored children through the organization’s Reading and Counting to Success Afterschool Tutorial Program. Mr. Ransom Cochran Jr. leaves to cherish his memory: wife of 26 years, Shirley Cochran; children, Michael (Linda) Cochran, Jeffrey Cochran, Kenneth (Cheryl) Cochran, Ransom D. Cochran, Randy (Jaberta) Cochran, Solomon Cochran, Stephanie (Albert) Williams and George (Constance) Mayes; grandchildren, MaLisa Alston, Michael Cochran II, Michele Cochran, Micaiah Cochran, Shari Cochran, Kenneth Cochran Jr., Randy Cochran Jr., Solomon Cochran Jr., Ja’Lessa Mayes, George Mayes III and Ahmad Mayes; great-grandchildren, Madison, Noah and Amara Love, Alston and Amir Mayes Brisby; brothers, Raymond (Juliet) Cochran, Dr. Jack Cochran, Joseph (Mae Carolyn) Cochran and Henry Cochran; sister, Gloria Surles; 2 uncles, Postelle (Dorothy) Cochran and Joseph Jones Jr.; many nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Cochran was preceded in death by his granddaughter, LaToya Bolden; parents, Ransom Sr. and Azella Cochran; mother-in-law, Mrs. Katie M. Copeland. In Lieu of flowers, the family ask that you please make a monetary donation in honor of Mr. Ransom Cochran Jr. To Motherly Intercession’s “Reading and Counting to Success” After School Tutorial Program. P.O. Box 311109, Flint, MI 48531. *Please wear your mask during the visitation and funeral services.

Mr. Ransom Cochran Jr.

April 29, 1944 - December 11, 2023