Funeral services for Lena Fuqua Cothron, age 86, of 3710 Hwy. 52, W., Lafayette, TN., were conducted Monday, April 22, 2002 at 1:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Phillip Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Lafayette with Elder Guthrie Thompson officiating. Pallbearers were Todd Birdwell, Tim Birdwell, Joey Wilburn, Martin Griewahn, John Miller, Kris Dillard. Interment was in the Anderson & Son Memorial Park.

Lena Fuqua Cothron passed away Friday afternoon, April 19, 2002 at the University Medical Center in Lebanon, TN.

A native of Macon County, TN., the daughter of the late Elder Noah Caleb and Izora Belma White Fuqua. She was married to Floyd Marion Cothron on May 13, 1939, who preceded her in death on June 26, 1992. She was also preceded in death by her son-in-law, William Blake Birdwell. She was a homemaker and a member of the Long Creek Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors include: daughters, Rosemary Birdwell and Carolyn (Dean) Wilburn, Lafayette, TN., Ruth (Bill) Green, Murfreesboro, TN., 6 grandchildren: 2 step-grandchildren; 3 step-great-grandchildren; 2 step-great-great-grandchildren.

Arrangements by the Phillip Anderson & Son Funeral Home, Lafayette, TN.