Southampton County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cooke, Ella Joyner, 1943 

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ELLA JOYNER COOKE

   Mrs. Ella Joyner Cooke, aged 74, of Richmond and Courtland, died early 
Tuesday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. John W. Wright, of Richmond, 
after a brief illness.

   She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bridgeman Joyner*, who moved 
from Southampton County to Hertford County, North Carolina.  She was an active 
member of Courtland Baptist Church until she moved to Richmond.

   Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. L.R. Vaughan of Murfreesboro, N.C.; and 
Mrs. Wright; three sons, Charlie S. Cooke of Murfreesboro; Guy P. Cooke of 
Maple, N.C., and Samuel D. Cooke, U.S. Army stationed at Miami, Fla.; 11 
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

   Services were conducted from the Holland Funeral Home here Wednesday 
afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. R. D. Stephenson, burial following in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery. Pallbearers were: C.C. Vaughan, 3rd, Harry Hassett, 
A.B. Cobb, C.W. Davis, L.M. Manry, Dr. E.F. Reese, Fred Barker and Herman 
Beale.


Ella (JOYNER; Mrs. Samuel D.) COOKE, of Richmond & Courtland, 
d. 18 May 1943, at daughter's home, Richmond, age 74, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 97A**), Franklin, 
   19 May 1943, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 21, 1943, p. 5 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

*Bridgeman (often spelled Bridgman) Joyner does not appear in census returns 
   for Southampton Co. 1830-1870.  The only instance in the Southampton Co. 
   Marriage Register 1750-1853 very unlikely to refer to Ella's mother: 

Bridgeman (Bridgman) Joyner & 
Sally Harrison (in bond), Sally Thomas (in consent) - no parents, no guardian 
sec/wit: Elisha Joyner; William Blow, Irijy ('Irijah') Johnson 
m.bond 26 Jul 1826 
(Southampton Co. Marriage Register 1750-1853, p. 362)  


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