Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Caroline Elizabeth Seigler Cooper 1932 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Caroline Elizabeth Seigler Cooper as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 30 Dec 1932. Claiming the sad interest of numerous friends throughout the county was the death of Mrs. J. C. Cooper, aged and prominent citizen of the county and widely love woman, which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. J. Marshall, here shortly after midnight on Tuesday night, 28 Dec 1932. Mrs. Cooper's illness covered a period of three weeks. For more than a week her family knew that the end was near, and her four daughters watched at the bedside with a beautiful devotion until the gentle spirit of their mother had passed to everlasting rest. The tender affection and constant attention shown by the grandchildren and other members of the family during her last illness were unusual. Funeral services were held Thursday, 29 Dec 1932, morning at 11:00 AM at Mt. Zion Church, services being conducted by Rev W. T. Halstead, pastor of the Camilla First Baptist Church and Rev H. N. Burnett of Pebble City. A large concourse of friends and relatives attended the services. Acting as pallbearers at the funeral were six grandsons of Mrs. Cooper. They were Messrs. Kerfoot Griner, John Griner, Kenneth Wheeler, Astor Sanders, Weldon Marshall and Cooper Marshall. Following the church service, the remains were laid to rest in the family lot in Mt. Zion cemetery. Mrs. Cooper had passed her eighty seventh birthday when her long and worthy life came to the end. She was born in Aiken, S. C. in 1845. She was the daughter of the late David and Rebecca Seigler, moving with her parents to this county at the are of twelve years. Her father was one of the first moderators of Tucker Association. Born of Godly parents, her entire life had been lived in simple Christian faith and happy service for her Lord. Early in her life she had united with the Baptist church, to which she gave devoted service as long as she was able. She was happily married March 3, 1870 to Jesse C. Cooper, of this county, who preceded her to the grave a number of years ago. Mrs. Cooper has numbers of friends in this county and section who are grieved to learn of her death. Surviving Mrs. Cooper are her four daughters, Mrs. A. L. Sanders of Camilla; Mrs. W. B. Marshall of Miami, Fla.; Mrs. B. J. Marshall of Camilla; and Mrs. E. L. Williams of Dunellon, Fla. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive her.