Sarah Johnson Cocke

Sarah Johnson Cocke
BornSarah Cobb Johnson
February 7, 1865
Selma, Alabama, U.S.
DiedJanuary 20, 1944
Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation
  • writer
  • civic leader
Alma materLucy Cobb Institute
Notable worksOld Mammy Tales from Dixie Land (1926), a re-issuing of Bypaths in Dixie (1911)
Spouse
  • Hugh Hagan
    (m. 1887; died 1898)
  • (m. 1903; died 1927)
Children2 sons
Relatives
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Sarah Johnson Cocke (née, Johnson; after first marriage, Hagan; after second marriage, Cocke; February 7, 1865 – January 20, 1944) was an American writer and civic leader. She was also active in several women's clubs. Cocke's works of Southern fiction include, Bypaths in Dixie, Master of the Hills, and Old Mammy Tales from Dixie Land. A memoir, A Woman of Distinction: From Hoopskirts to Airplanes, a Remembrance, was published posthumously.