Funeral Services for Mrs. Sheila Castilaw Cothern are Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 2 p.m. at Riverwood Family Funeral Service with burial at Riverwood Memorial Park.

Visitation is Thursday at Riverwood from 12 until 2 p.m.

Mrs. Cothern, 64, died April 27, 2015 at St Dominic Hospital.

She was born on June 19, 1950 and was a member of Little Bahalia Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her father, James Castilaw; mother, Ernestine Castilaw Armond; stepfather, Huey Armond, and sister-in-law, Brenda Castilaw.

She is survived by her husband, Ken Cothern; daughters, Tina Lovett Ruffin; Kim Cothern Stavely; Stephanie Cothern Lee and Krystal Cothern Shaw; her brothers, Ronnie Castilaw and Rex Castilaw and wife, Peggy; brothers and sisters-in-law, James and Betty Cothern and Don and Rita Cothern;  eight grandchildren, Riley Ruffin, Jordyn and Sawyer Wright, Christian Lee, Jordan, Jessie and Annmarie Shaw and Mallory Leggett; and great-grandson, Ryder Stephens.

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