Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-03
FUNERAL HELD FOR
MRS. S. P. COOPER
Many Organizations Repre-
sented; Floral Offerings
Most Elaborate

Holy Innocents Episcopal church Sat
urday afternoon at 4 o'clock for Mrs.
Sydney Perry Cooper, who died early
Friday at her home here. The Solemn
rites were attended by the family,
representatives of many women's
groups in which Mrs. Cooper had for
years been active, and by many out
of-towh people.
Rev. l. W. Hughes, rector of Holy
Innocents, was in charge of the SER
vices, and interment was at Elm
wood cemetery Floral offerings were
almost too numerous to be counted
and spread over the entire lot in the
cemetery, being among the most
numerous ever seen at funeral here.
Hundreds of kilograms were received
by the family, coming from this and
other states.
Attending the funeral in a body
were members of the Woman's Tues
day club, oldest literary club in Hen
derson, in which Mrs.. Cooper held
membership 38 years until her DEATH.
members of the Vance county chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, and
members of the Old Butte chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton.
Mrs. Cooper was a past president of
the North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs, and a former State
regent of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution. She had served as
! president of the local units of these
organizations, as well as the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy and Colonial
Danes. and at the time of her death
was State president of the Daughters
Of 1912.
She was president of the Hender-
son high school P.-T.A. at the time
| Of her death, being in her second year.
Mrs Cooper was known as perhaps.
the most outstanding woman of Hen
derson, and was probably the best
F; known away from here of any woman
{, resident of the city.
/ Ladies who had charge of the flow
ers at the cemetery included the fol-
! lowing: Mrs. Sam Watkins, repre-
senting the Tuesday club; Mrs. r. T.
Upchurch, of the Garden club; Mrs.
J.. W.. cooper of the Alma club and
the u. D. c.; Mrs. w. P. Gholson, OF
| the d. A. r.; Mrs. l. w. Hughes, Of
the Colonial Danes; Miss Annie Lee
May, of the Business and Profession
al Women's clubs; Mrs. c. ". Single
ton, of the High School Parent
Teacher Association; also Mrs. John
D. Cooper, Mrs. M. Y. Cooper, Mrs.
Morgan Cooper, Mrs. j. H. Zollicof-
fer, Mrs. Jane Vos, Mrs. j. M. Peace
and Miss Alma Parlam.
Pallbearers for the funeral were:
Active-J. P. Zollicoffer, j. D.
Cooper, Jr., d. H. Mcintyre, R. E.
| Clements, w. B. Parham, M Y.
Cooper, D. M Cooper, B. III. Perry,
j. H. Zolicoffer.
Honorary-J. H. Brodie, j. H.
Bridgers, j. T. Cheatham, j. C.. Coop
er, j. w. Cooper, r. j. Corbitt, r.
B. Crowder, r. G.. S. Davis, S. L.
Peace, Jr., DR.. w. H. Furman, r. B.
Green, w. B. Harrison, w. A. Hunt,
Charles A. Harris, Rev. James A.
Jones, Leon Joyner, l.. C. Kerner, j.
c.. Kittrell, r. G.. Kittrell, DR.. A. p.
Newcomb, M. J.. O'Neil, John O'Neil,
S. S. Parham, Roy o. Rodwell, DIR.
George A. Rose, Jr., DR.. T. S. Roys-
ter, N. B. Thomas, F. l.. TOepleman,
DR.. r. T. Upchurch, e. L. Wadd;ll,
,. M. WdLhluS, 4. y. 1OullS, Ol1 IA
A. Zollicoffer, Dick Gregory, j. b.
Owen, William Watkins.
Visitors from out-of-town who were
here for the funeral services included
the following:
Oxford: Miss Belle Cooper, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. H. Powell, Mrs. Tyres, Rich
ard Gregory, Misses Fanny and
Nancy Gregory, Mrs. Herbert Eau
cette, Mrs Proctor.
Wilson: DR.. and Mrs. Hugh A. FL
lis, Mr.. and Mrs. James I. Miller,
Mrs. Theo. Thomas, Miss Penelope
Watkins, Mr. and Mrs Woodland.
Raleigh: Mrs. Eugene Davis, Mrs.
c. H. Stevenson, ST., Mrs. John H.
Anderson Mrs. Lester Snow, Mrs.
r. A. Snow, Mrs c.. A. Branch, Miss
Katherine Morris.
Mrs. C. L. Riggan, Winston-Salem,
Mrs Manning, Roanoke Rapids; Mr.
Herndon, w. F. Upshaw, Sam Cars
rett, Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Ochrant, Cincinnati, o.; John
Traynor, New York; Mrs. J. w. Park
er, Farmville; Mrs w. H. Belk and
Mrs. Ben. Wyche, Charlotte; Mrs.
Edgar Cheek, Durham; Mrs. D. S.
Murrie, Parkton; Miss Elite Brown,
Flora Mcdonald College; Mr.. and
Mrs. Hyman Battle, Rocky Mount;
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hinton, Creed.
moor; Mr.. and Mrs George Gillian,
Mrs. Simon Williams, Franklinton;
A. j. Moore, Edenton.