Nash County NcArchives Obituaries.....Cooper, Wright 1898 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Natasha Miles bittersweet3@yahoo.com June 9, 2020, 4:51 pm The Semi-Weekly Messenger (Wilmington NC) 17 May 1898 Rocky Mount Motor: A man by the name of Wright Cooper, who lives near Spring Hope, was killed Monday night. Spring Hope has what is known as the stock low, and Mr Cooper's sheep went into the town, were taken up by an officer and impounded. That night when the owner of the sheep went to get them and found the officer there, words passed between them and Mr Cooper pulled his pistol on the officer when he (the officer) fired and killed him. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/nash/obits/c/cooper3838gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb