Cochran, Nellye Joyce, of Murphysboro, Illinois, died on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at the age of 70. Loving wife of Kenneth Edmund Cochran; dear daughter of the late Arthur L. and the late Bonnie M. Ross; devoted mother of Annette M. Cochran and Kerry E. Cochran; cherished grandmother of Robin N. Hood and Justice Cochran-Chambers; dearest sister of James L. Ross and Rick Ross. Nellye was employed as a Clerk at USDA Forest Service.