Zitella Cocke

Zitella Cocke (10 November 1840 – ) was an American poet, essayist, and musician.

Cocke was born in Marion, Alabama on 10 November 1840. She was the daughter of Woodson St. George Cocke, a planter from a prominent Virginia family, and Mary Elizabeth Burton Binion Cocke, a descendant of French Huguenot refugees. Cocke primarily lived in Boston, Massachusetts.

The children's journal The Youth's Companion published Cocke's poetry, which was then reprinted by other news organizations.

Zitella Cocke died on 3 December 1929 in Gadsden, Alabama and was buried in Marion, Alabama.