Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cooke, Charles C., 1919 

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CHARLES C. COOKE

DEATH OF CHARLES C. COOKE

   Charles C. Cooke died at his home in Branchville January 21st after an 
illness of a few days with pneumonia.  He was in his seventy-fourth year.  He 
came to Virginia from the north about thirty-eight years ago, and engaged in 
the lumber business until compelled by the infirmities of age to retire from 
active work.  He numbered many friends and enjoyed a wide circle of 
acquaintances.  Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. S.A. Cooke of Branchville; 
six sons, A.L. Cooke and W.A. Cooke of Richmond, S.C. Cooke of Kenbridge, H.D. 
Cooke of Branchville, J.R. Cooke of Boykins and C.W. Cooke of Newsoms; two 
daughters, Mrs. Eva Lewter of Richmond and Miss Susie Cooke of Branchville; 
and one brother, A.B. Cooke of Halifax County.  He was laid to rest in the 
family burying ground of Mr. J.J.Johnson, near Branchville, the active 
pallbearers being his six sons. 

Charles C. COOKE, retired saw-mill machinist, 
Hamden, NY native, d. 21 Jan 1919, at home, Branchville, age 74, 
interred in the John J. JOHNSON family cemetery*, Waller Rd., 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 14 Feb 1919, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-25): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 


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