Daily Corinthian Newspaper, Corinth, MS dated March 22, 1973
JAMES HANCOCK, 79, SUCCUMBS
James Robert Hancock, 79, 204 Sharp Street, Corinth, died Wednesday at Magnolia Hospital after an extended illness.
Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Wheeler Grove Baptist Church with Rev. R.B. Gray officiating.  Burial will be in Wheeler Grove Cemetery with Coleman Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cecil Spencer Hancock; 5 sons, R.C. Hancock, Melvin Hancock, Garvin Hancock, George Hancock and Dee Junior Hancock, all of Corinth; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Francis Austin and Mrs. Ethel Bearden, both of Rienzi; Mrs. Florence Smith, Corinth and Mrs. Nona Faye Mullins, Walnut; five stepsons, K.C. Spencer, Michigan, R.J. Spencer, Leo Spencer, Cleo Spencer, all of Corinth; a step-daughter, Mrs. Annie Kalista, Stevenville, Montana, three brothers, Elbert Hancock and Oscar Hancock, both of Rienzi, Mark Hancock, Ripley, Mississippi; a sister, Mrs. Ada Crum, Michie, Tennessee, 59 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.