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Orrie Dunnaway Cooper

Birth
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Death
27 Jan 1941 (aged 40)
Lyman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Orrie Dunnaway Cooper, 40, passed away Monday, January 27, 1941 at her home in Lyman, SC, following an illness of three months.

Mrs. Cooper had been a resident of Lyman for the past 17 years, formerly living in Woodruff.

She was the daughter of Mrs. Lou Iza Dunnaway of Woodruff and the late R.L. Dunnaway.

An active member of the Lyman Baptist church, she was superintendent of the cradle roll department of the church school.

Besides her husband and mother, she is survived by three daughters, Misses Pansy, Sarah and Carolinda Cooper, all of Lyman; one brother, Ervin Dunnaway of Woodruff; and two sisters, Mrs. Alma Crooks of Cross Anchor and Mrs. Cora Cooper of Spartanburg.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, January 28, 1941 at 4:00 pm at the Lyman Baptist church by the Rev. Howard Wilson, the Rev. D.W. Smith and the Rev. J.H. Smith. Interment was in Bethel cemetery in Woodruff.

Active pallbearers were D.O. Rogers, Howard Terrell, Mardell Eubanks, Elliot Eubanks, Ardell Hill and Austin Hudson.

The honorary escort was composed of members of circle No. 2 of the W.M.S. at the Lyman church.

The body was taken to the home from the Wood mortuary in Greer yesterday afternoon.

Published Tuesday, 28 Jan 1941
The Spartanburg Herald, Page 2
Orrie Dunnaway Cooper, 40, passed away Monday, January 27, 1941 at her home in Lyman, SC, following an illness of three months.

Mrs. Cooper had been a resident of Lyman for the past 17 years, formerly living in Woodruff.

She was the daughter of Mrs. Lou Iza Dunnaway of Woodruff and the late R.L. Dunnaway.

An active member of the Lyman Baptist church, she was superintendent of the cradle roll department of the church school.

Besides her husband and mother, she is survived by three daughters, Misses Pansy, Sarah and Carolinda Cooper, all of Lyman; one brother, Ervin Dunnaway of Woodruff; and two sisters, Mrs. Alma Crooks of Cross Anchor and Mrs. Cora Cooper of Spartanburg.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, January 28, 1941 at 4:00 pm at the Lyman Baptist church by the Rev. Howard Wilson, the Rev. D.W. Smith and the Rev. J.H. Smith. Interment was in Bethel cemetery in Woodruff.

Active pallbearers were D.O. Rogers, Howard Terrell, Mardell Eubanks, Elliot Eubanks, Ardell Hill and Austin Hudson.

The honorary escort was composed of members of circle No. 2 of the W.M.S. at the Lyman church.

The body was taken to the home from the Wood mortuary in Greer yesterday afternoon.

Published Tuesday, 28 Jan 1941
The Spartanburg Herald, Page 2


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  • Created by: Patricia
  • Added: Apr 18, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145213790/orrie-cooper: accessed ), memorial page for Orrie Dunnaway Cooper (6 Mar 1900–27 Jan 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 145213790, citing Old Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Patricia (contributor 47533805).