Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-22
IN MEMORIAM

Cooper headed many important COM
mittees. Among the most recent
honors that she received was an ap-
polntment on the North Carolina
Commission for the Worlds Fair in
New York, 1885,
Mrs. Cooper's popularity in the u.
D. c. of the State and the apprecia-
ton of the North Carolina division
for her long and devoted services was
best shown by the fact that she had
already received an almost unanimous
endorsement of all the districts and
| the individual chapters in the dis
| tr1cts as the nominee for Division
President at this convention (1938).
She would doubtlessly have been elect
ed by an overwhelming vote and
would have given to the Division an
administration typical of her high
standard of leadership, rejecting the
true grace and charm of southern
| wOmanhood. ssisl4N $1,000, g-s
When there was a difficult, piece of
/ work to be done, Mrs. Cooper was al
ways ready to assume the respon-
sibility, and with her undominable
energy and devotion to cause, car
ried the undertaking to successful
conn., letion.
I Her devotion to her home and
church shared equally with her in
terest in patriotic endeavors. The
doors of the Sydney Perry Cooper's
beautiful home were ever open to re-
ceive their many friends and asso-
clates, where they both delighted to
dispense bountiful hospitality.
Mrs. Cooper, a true and steadfast
/ friend, a loyal wife and a devoted
mother, with her personal charm and
genuine cordiality, made an ideal
hostess; and their home was mecca
for hosts of friends from far and
wide. Magnanimous to- all those WIN
served her, she won their affection
and unfailing loyalty.
Patriotism was an underlying prin-
ciple in the life of Mary Lou jackson
Cooper, and the work of patriotic or
carnations her magnificent obses-
sion. .4esse r: III
Oftimes woman's activities in So
cial, civic, and patriotic societies have
been done at the sacrifice of her home
and her church, but Mrs. Cooper was
the complete opposite of this; her
capacity was such that she contribute
| ed an active life in all her associa-
tons, nothing was permitted to take
| precedence over the fundamental
agencies-the home and the church.
| In her beautiful home life she was
the pride of her husband and children,
and to her church was indeed the
"handmaiden of the Lord.
To quote from Proverbs: "She
looketh well to the ways of her house
hold and eateth not the bread of idle
ness. Her children arise up and call
her blessed, her husband also. and he
praiseth her. Many daughters have
done virtuously but thou excellest
them alp.
Hundreds of kilograms and letters
and numerous floral tributes attest
ed to the love and esteem in which
she was held. The services were from
the Holy Innocents Church, of which
she was devoted member and were
conducted by her beloved rector, Rev.
I. w. Hughes and Bishop Edwin A..
Penick. A large gathering of friends
attended from several states, among
them many prominent Daughters of
the Confederacy from all parts of
North Carolina
ITO live in hearts we leave behind
is not to die"
The quotation with which Mrs.
Cooper concluded her last address at
the graduating exercises of the Hen
derson High School expressed her
high purpose in life and the spiritual
perception with which she was en-
dowed.
Chambers has said, Live for some
thing-Do good and leave behind you
monument of virtue that the storm
If time can never destroy. Write your
lame in kindness, love, and mercy on
the hearts of thousands you come in
.ontact with-year by year.. and you
will never be forgotten. Your name,
your deeds, will be as 1egible on the
hearts you leave behind as the stars
on the brow of the evening. Good
deeds will shine as the stars of
heaven
Signed:
REBECCA w. SINGLETON
MRS. C. w