The courier-index., 1921-01-14
A rthur Cotter is dead!

No more startling or sad an- ,ouncement could be made by the Courief-Index than this.
 No words can express the gen ,,;ne sorrow it will bring to thou sands of hearts in Lee county.
 For ten days his brave spirit bat tied in titanic struggle with a .eadly malady. Unconscious prac- tically all of this time, his body lacked with indescribable pains, his alert brain numbed into a state of coma. his eyes unable to see the anxious faces that watched constant Iv at his bedside, overcome and broken down by stronger force than human strength could endure, he finally succumbed at 8:15 o'clock on Wednesday morning.
 Mir Cotter, always a healthy, TO- bust bouyant man, the very pie lure of physical perfection had real ly been i'll for several weeks before his condition alarmed him and his family. For ten days or two weeks nrior to his breakdown he had been suffering with a chronic headache which he thought was neuralgia. The nain started in the top of his head. On Christmas afternoon he went bird hunting, hoping the outdoor exer- cise would relieve his headache. On Sunday he remained at home and on Monday morning he came down town and transacted some business and immediately returned home. He began to have fever. His physician was called in. His temperature went higher. He continued in this condition for week. On. Tuesday night of last week the pain went to the base of his brain and he suf- tered a breakdown that came near ending in death. The physicians diagnosed his case as influenza, 7 complicated with cerebro-minigitis. From that time up to the hour of his death he never rallied sufficient ly to give the physicians much hope for his recovery. His malady was further complicated with what the physicians term sleeping sickness. He was in stupor for days. Oc- easionally he would arouse suffi- ciently to talk for minute and would then lapse into state of coma. On Sunday morning the physicians practically gave up hope. Dr. Fountain of Memphis, specialist, was called here Sunday morning. He could give no encouragement to the family. By Monday MT. Cot ter's right side became paralyzed. Though unconscious he suffered un- told agonies. Death came Wednes- day morning to relieve him of his pain.
 Funeral services over his remains were held at the residence on yes terday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock. In the absence of his pas tor. Rev. w. K. Johnston, of the Presbyterian church, the services were conducted by the Rev. w. C. House of the Methodist church. The minister read several appro- priate passages of scripture fol lowed by prayer. There was no funeral sermon. Arthur Cotter's life needed no encomiums. It speaks for itself. The room in which the casket reposed was liter ally filled with floral tributes, silent expressions from scores of friends and organizations of their undying love for him. Following the brief services at the home the body was taken to Cedar Heights cemetery where the Masonic lodge lowered his remains into Mother Earth un- der the formal ceremonies of the order. The pail bearers were Max D. Miller, J. o. Payne, W. P. liar ris, F. N. Burke, R. L. Nixon, Dr. w. A. Thornton, Sam Harrington and J. M. Hewitt.
 5 Mir. Cotter was born in Marianna on October 6, 1874. He was Tn ms forty-seventh year at the tune, o1 his death. He was the second son of Major Hamilton Cotter and wire: Major Hamilton Cotter was one of the first settlers in Marianna. He served with distinction during the civil war. Major Cotter originally came from Brownsville, Tenn. His wife was Miss Mamie Johnston, one of the belles of Jackson, Tenn. Major Cotter was for many years one of the most influential citizens of Lee county. In fact when Lee county was formed out of territory ilVLu IHllupo, MOhIoS ohN W. -, cis counties, and there was muddie over what name should be given the county, it was at Major Cotters suggestion that the county honor Gen. Robert E. Lee by bearing his name.
 Arthur Cotter, during his early days, resided in Spring Creek township. For a time he was Tn the mercantile business with w. U. Newborn, now a member of the firm of Griffis & Newborn. Later he moved to Marianna and became Identified with the mercantile busi- ness of J. R. Jarratt x Son. Stiii later he was in business with W: 5. Atkins under the firm name of Atkins & Cotter. In 1905 he was married to Miss Sallie Newborn, sister of w. D. Newborn. To them were born four girls, all living katherine, Mamie, Sarah and Louise. he is also survived by three broth CTS, Walter Cotter, cotton broker and former county clerk of Lee county, now residing in Memphis; {;