Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cotter, Rev. Douglas M., 2006 

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REV. DOUGLAS MURGATROYD COTTER 

  WAKEFIELD - The Rev. Douglas M. Cotter, 88, passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 
2006, at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk.

  Born May 29, 1917, in Hartsdale, N.Y., he was the son of the late Richard 
Comfort and Ruth Murgatroyd Cotter.  He was preceded by his wife, Irene 
Neprash Cotter.

  Rev. Cotter was serving with the Egyptian Agricultural Department when he 
visited Palestine, and upon visiting Calvary he decided he would become a 
minister.

  He was a graduate of Stony Brook School, Long Island, N.Y., Columbia Bible 
College, Columbia, S.C. , and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 
Philadelphia, Pa.  Over the years he was minister to Columbus Quarter Baptist 
Church in West Edmiston, N.Y. 1945-1948, North Wales Baptist Church, North 
Wales, Pa. 1948-1955, Wakefield, Dendron and Elam Baptist Churches in Virginia 
1955-1962, Manoa Baptist Church in Havertown, Pa. 1962-1967, First Baptist 
Church, Pedricktown, N.J. 1967-1979, and Crystal Hill Southern Baptist Church 
in Crystal Hill, Va.  1979-1985.  He and his loving wife, Irene, decided to 
retired in Wakefield after leaving Crystal Hill.

  Rev. Cotter is survived by two sons, Dean Allen Cotter of Bountiful, Utah, 
and Douglas Ralph Cotter of Woodstown, N.J.; one brother, Rev. Lee M. Cotter 
of Moon, Va.; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of 
friends.

  Funeral services will be held in Wakefield Baptist Church, Wakefield, Va., 
at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006, with the Rev. Linwood Peterson, the Rev. 
Richard Carter, and the Rev. Jim Kerr officiating.  Interment will follow in 
Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Virginia.

  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Wakefield Baptist 
Church, P.O. Box 178, Wakefield, Va. 23888, or to Columbia Bible College, 
Class of 1942 Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 3122, Columbia, S.C. 29230-3122.

  Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, assisted the family with arrangements.


Rev. Douglas Murgatroyd COTTER, retired Baptist minister, 
b. 29 May 1917, Hartsdale, NY, d. 6 Feb 2006, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 11 Feb 2006, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Feb. 8, 2006, C-6 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His wife's obit ("Daily Press," Jan. 12, 2003, p. 27) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c360i1ob.txt 


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