Michael Leslie Cossey was born January 1, 1946 in Wetumka, Oklahoma to Ras and Mable Geneva (Eason) Cossey and passed from this life at his home south of Weleetka on November 16, 2016 at the age of 70.

Mike was raised in Weleetka and was a 1964 graduate of Weleetka High School. After graduation he entered the United States Air Force and honorably served his country some four years during the Vietnam Conflict as an aircraft mechanic. Following his military discharge he came back to Oklahoma and worked in pest control and as a clerk at the Henryetta OTASCO store but he mostly worked in area oil fields. Weleetka was his lifelong home.

Mike enjoyed watching football on television. He was a people person and got along with pretty much everyone. He was also an animal lover.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include: 4 sisters, Helen Trail and husband Jimmie of Greenwood, IN, Jeanette Coen of Chelsea, OK, Linda Cox and husband Dwayne of Holdenville, OK, and June Gorden and husband Don of Weleetka, OK, along with several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services will be Saturday, November 19, at 1:00 p.m. at the Williamson Funeral Chapel in Wetumka with Rev. Don Williamson officiating. Honorary pallbearers are Travis Wallace, Rev. Bill Quinton, Dwayne Cox, Don Gorden, and Marvin White. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Weleetka under the direction of Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home of Weleetka and Wetumka.