NASHVILLE - Brenda Moss Cockrell, age 66, passed away Friday, January 8, 2021. She was born in Nash County on February 2, 1954. She was predeceased in death by her husband Joseph William Cockrell.

She is survived by her daughter; Jennifer Paige Cockrell; her son, Jeffrey Wyatt Cockrell and his finance', Bobbie Jo Hargrove; her adopted daughter, Katie Elizabeth Pridgen, all of Nashville; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; her parents, Simon and Velma Winstead Moss of Rocky Mount; her brother, Mike E. Moss and his wife, Jamie, of Nashville.

A service will be held Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Burial will follow the service at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. The family will receive friends and relatives on Monday, January 11, 2021 from 6 - 8:30 p.m. at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home and at other times at Brenda's home in Nashville.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Brenda's memory to American Cancer Society, 930 B Wellness Drive, Greenville, NC 27834.