Fulton-Hall County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cofer, Merritt J. September 28, 1912
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Atlanta Constitution, 5 October 1912
FUNERAL OF DR. COFER WILL BE HELD TODAY.

The funeral of Rev. M. J. Cofer, business manager and assistant editor of The 
Wesleyan Christian Advocate, who died suddenly in his office in the Wesley 
Memorial church building last Saturday morning, will be held from the First 
Methodist church this morning at 10 o'clock.  Immediately after the services 
the body will be taken to Gainesville, Ga., for interment.
Dr. W. P. Lovejoy will conduct the funeral services, and will be assisted by 
Dr. W. V. Lovettt and Dr. John D. Hammond, of Augusta, Ga., all of whom were 
life-long friends of Mr. Cofer.
Seats will be reserved in the church for all local and visiting ministers and 
the confederate veterans.
The following gentlemen will act as pallbearers:
George Muse, E. V. Carter, H. W. W. Palmer, John Manget, Dr. Stewart Roberts, 
Asa G. Candler, John J. Eagan, Dr. Floyd W. McRae, W. L. Peel and Marion 
Jackson.
They will meet at Barclay and Brandon's chapel at 8:45 o'clock this morning.
The following ministers will act as honorary escort:
Rev. S. A. Harris, Rev. C. B. Wilmer, Rev. S. T. Wiggins, Rev. W. R. Hendrix, 
Rev. S. J. Fleming, Rev. R. O. Flinn, Rev. S. R. Belk. Rev. J. F. Turner, Rev. 
T. W. Daniel, Rev. David Marx, Rev. John D. Robbins and Rev. W. T. Schaeffer.



Additional Comments:
Alta Vista cemetery, Gainesville, Ga.:
Merritt Jones Cofer, 8 March 1838 to 28 September 1912

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