The old phrase, “To Know Him Is to Love Him” confirms the character to the man known as Bro. Bill Cotten. If you know him, you love him.Willie Ray Cotten was born November 4th, 1933 to Butler and Maude Frith Cotten in Harrisonburg, Louisiana. He was the baby of five siblings and the oldest of five half siblings. His mother died when he was an infant. His father remarried and another ...