Obituary Extract: Clyde Edward Cooper, Sr.,

Obituary

Name of deceased: Clyde Edward Cooper, Sr.

Date of Death: 18 December 2017

Place of Death: Not stated (probably Hamilton County, Tennessee)

Age: 82

Residence: Soddy Daisy, Hamilton, Tennessee

Late Wife (1) (45 years): JoAnn Cooper

Late Wife (2) (4 years): Gayle Cooper

Son-in-law: Steve Carter (deceased)

Sister: Lillie Bell Henshaw (deceased)

Brother: Claude “Petey” Cooper (deceased)

Surviving children: Sandy Carter, Lisa (Robby) Rue, Clyde (Sharon) Cooper, Jr., and Ricky (Trish) Cooper.

Surviving grandchildren: Jonathan Shore, Andrew Shore, Hayley Carter, Susan Hughes, Janey Rice, Wesley Rue, Paige Rue, Riley Cooper, Miles Cooper, Benji Cooper, Kevin Cooper, and Brad Cooper.

Surviving sisters: Annie Kate Henshaw, Naomi Daub, Ruby Lee Breedlove and Darlene Allen.

Surviving brothers: Eddie Cooper and Ernie Cooper.

Surviving nieces and nephews ("several").

Membership: Boilermakers Local 454.

Funeral Home: Williamson & Sons Funeral Home

Location: 8852 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton, Tennessee

Visitation: Thursday, 21 December 2017, 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.; and Friday, 22 December 2017, 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

Services: Friday, 22 December 2017, 1:00 P.M.

Officiator: Pastor Charlie Ivey

Interment: Friday, 22 December 2017 (after service): Lakewood Memory Gardens, East

Cemetery Location (not stated): Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

Condolences and memories: http://www.williamsonandsons.com

Arrangements: Williamson and Sons Funeral Home

Address: 8852 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy, TN 37379

Obituary URL: http://www.williamsonandsons.com/tributes/Clyde-Cooper (accessed 20 December 2017)

Link to Obituary of Clyde Edward Cooper

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Alternate name, from my file: Clyde Elmore Cooper
Not sure of source for alternate name; probably his older half sister, Sallie (Cooper) Bryant.

Census:
1940 US Census: Clyde Cooper, male, son of Issac Cooper. Birth: 1936 Alabama. Residence (1940): Election Precinct 4, Jackson, Alabama. Residence (1935): , , .

Genealogical Information for parents of Clyde Edward Cooper: 

Father: Isaac S. Cooper (1879–1977), son of Peter and Malinda (Sizemore) Cooper.

Euna Estelle Higdon (1911–1997), daughter of William L. and Hannah (McBryer) Higdon.

Marriage of Isaac and Estelle (Higdon) Cooper: 17 March 1929, Marion, Tennessee, US.

Obituary Extract: Vadah Butler Kendrick, 2016, Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia

Name of Deceased: Vadah Butler Kendrick

Title of Deceased: Ms. 

Age at Death: 90 

Date of Birth: [Friday], 07 May 1926 

Date of Death: Sunday, 22 May 2016

Place of Death: "Chatsworth Healthcare Center"

Place of Death (concluded): Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia 

Hometown (Childhood): ("grew up on the family farm"), Ramhurst, Murray, Georgia 

OBITUARY DETAILS/BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: 

Co-Founder ("helped to start"): Keropi Carpets; Kendrick Carpets 

Member (Early Years): Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Ramhurst, Murray, Georgia 

Member (Later Years): Chatsworth First Baptist, Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia 

Avocation: Basketball (Murray County High School basketball team; note that her father, the local sheriff, was captain of the team); reading (Zane Grey, Louis L'amour, favorite authors); collecting authentic Navajo turquoise jewelry. 

Other: Resided "in the Murray County jail when her father was sheriff."

Father: Jim Butler, deceased (former sheriff of Murray County, Georgia) 

Mother: Maude Butler 

[Transcriber's note: Research shows that James Butler married Maude Whitner (Whitener) on 08 February 1906, Murray County, Georgia (Murray County Marriage Book VI, page 536.].

Other: Preceded in death by "nine brothers and sisters."

Beneficence/Activism: "She supported charities working with third world children, Native American children, and military veterans. As a volunteer with the taxpayer association, she helped many people of lesser means with income and property taxes, often going to their homes to do so as well as advocating on their behalf." 

Travel: "traveled to over 40 states and 20 countries, including three trips to Europe and one to Asia."

Favorite destination: the American west [Transcriber's note/addendum: Census shows that several of her older siblings were born in Texas].

Quote: "In her golden years, Vadah enjoyed riding through the mountains in her red jeep, drinking coffee with friends at the Creme Hut, and doting on her great-grandchildren." [Transcriber's note: Creme Hut is a local casual-dining restaurant in Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia, founded about 1968; still extant in 2017]. 

Relatives Preceding Decedent: Great-Grandson: Robert Loughridge. 

Relatives Surviving Decedent: "four sons and two daughters-in-law, Tommy & Mary Nathan Kendrick, Bruce & Marcia Kendrick, Eric Kendrick, Steve Kendrick; three grandchildren and their spouses, Lisa & Steve Loughridge, Alan & Kelli Kendrick, Tonia Kendrick; and four great-grandchildren, Sarah and Michael Loughridge, Thomas and John Alan Kendrick; and nieces and nephews." 

Funeral Services: Tuesday, 24 May 2016 (1:00 p.m., chapel of Peeples Funeral Home)

Officiator: Rev. George Ross

Interment: [24 May 2016], Ramsey Cemetery, Ramhurst, Murray, Georgia 

Visitation (at the funeral home): Monday [23 May 2016], 5 pm - 9 pm; Tuesday [24 May 2016], 11 am - 1 pm. 

Donation Request: Alzheimer’s Association, 922 E Morris St, Dalton, [Whitfield], Georgia, "or to a local charity." 

Mortician/Funeral Home: Peeples Funeral Home (and) Crematory, Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia. 

Address of Funeral Home: Peeples Funeral Home, Inc., 208 S 3rd Ave, Chatsworth, Georgia 30705. 

Obituary URL: http://www.peeplesfuneralhome.net/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/11988/id/3728684 (accessed 07 November 2017).

Extract by (transcriber): Deborah K. Pritchett, Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia 

[Also Published: FamilySearch.org, person ID of Vadah (Butler) Kendrick, 07 November 2017].

William Stephen Pritchett (Bill Pritchett), of Crandall, Georgia - Biography

William Stephen "Bill" Pritchett was born April 13, 1930, in Crandall, Murray, Georgia. His parents were Arvil Henry Pritchett (son of Stephen T. and Alice Murray Pritchett) and Sudie Headrick (daughter of William "Bill" and Sarah Quincy Davis Headrick). Bill was an only child. His mother died of tuberculosis on December 17, 1913, when Bill was just a baby. Sudie's sister, Leona, married Arvil Pritchett's brother, James Walter, so she was Bill's aunt twice over. Leona was also to die of tuberculosis, just three years after her sister died. Like many men in Murray County, Bill's father was a farmer, and saw hard times during the Great Depression. At times, the family share-cropped, moving from farm to farm as the crops came in. Arvil Pritchett died in 1941, when Bill was ten years old, going on eleven. Bill lived with his grandparents, Stephen and Alice (Murray) Pritchett, for a time. Steve and Alice were kind-hearted people, and took in several of their grandchildren. Steve was a Kansas-born man, whose parents had moved from the North Georgia mountains to the midwest after the Civil War, but soon moved back to the mountains. In spite of the tragedy in his childhood, Bill had a positive outlook on life. He was a good story teller with a wonderful, hearty laugh. He was a truck driver. On days off, he liked to go fishing. He married Louise Harris, daughter of Thomas Rufus Harris and Sybil Frances Pullen (a Murray County couple, who had married there on May 25, 1931). Louise was born April 18, 1933, in the Temple Grove community of Murray County, Georgia, where she and her husband settled, raised a family, and lived until her death on May 24, 2009. The couple had three children, Sudie, Judy, and Timothy Pritchett. Bill was a good friend to his older cousin, Fred Thomas Pritchett, of Crandall, whose father, Willie Lee Pritchett, was a brother of Bill's father, Arvil. Fred and Bill were first cousins on the Pritchett side, and were third cousins on the Headrick side. Fred's father died when Fred was fifteen. Fred's mother was Esther (Headrick) Pritchett, daughter of William Abraham Lincoln Headrick. W.A.L. Headrick's father, William Matthew Headrick, was the brother of John Scott Headrick, Bill's great-grandfather. Bill Pritchett died in Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, on Friday, February 10, 2017.

Obituary of William Stephen Pritchett (Bill Pritchett) of Crandall, Murray, Georgia (2017)

Obituary of William S. Pritchett (Bill Pritchett)

Media/Newspaper: The Daily Citizen
Place of Business: not stated [known, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]
Website: daltoncitizen.com
Publication Date: 10 February 2017
Subject: Obituary of William S. Pritchett
Heading 1: William S. Pritchett
Heading 2: William's Story

Title/Name of Deceased: Mr. William S. Pritchett
Gender: not stated
Nickname: Bill
Age: 86
Birth: not stated (est. 1931)
Date of Death: 10 February 2017
Place of Death: "Hamilton Medical Center" (locale not stated)
Place of Death (concluded): Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia

Preceded in death by:
Louise Harris Pritchett (wife)
Charles Lents (son-in-law)

Survived by:

Children and their spouses (of Chatsworth, Georgia):
Sudie Lents
Judy and Bruce Coulter
Tim and Lisa Pritchett

Grandchildren and spouses:

Shannon and Mark Lance
Traci and Scott Bishop
Staci and Kenny Walraven
Brandi Coulter
Lee and Jamie Coulter
Marcus Pritchett
Macy Pritchett

Great Grandchildren (and spouses, apparent):

Noah and Micah Bishop
Ella Lance
Kayla Maddox
India Langford
Cole Maddox
Adain Coulter
Averi Walraven
Eli Walraven
Evan Coulter
Callie Walraven
Kayleigh Swinney

Special Friend: Rachel Stafford (Crandall, Georgia)

Funeral: Sunday (11 February 2017) at 4 p.m.
Funeral: Shawn Chapman Funeral Home
Location: not stated (known: Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia)
Officiators: Billy Willis, Lee Coulter
Interment: Murray Memorial Gardens
Morticians: Shawn Chapel Funeral Home, Crematory and Monuments
Website: www.shawnchapmanfh.com

Remarks: one known error; once refers to deceased (possessively) as "her" instead of "his."

URL: http://obituaries.daltoncitizen.com/stories/obituaries/william-pritchett-2017-874536802/CD90D6950521927E48pljn46922C

Short URL (Bitlink): http://bit.ly/Bill-Pritchett-obituary-DailyCitizenNews-10-Feb-2017

Obituary of Betty Ruth (Guess) Bay, of Anderson, South Carolina; Times-Free Press (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Obituary of Betty Ruth (Guess) Bay
Subject/Tagline: Obit: Betty Bay
Media: Chattanooga Times Free Press (on-line).
Date of publication: 24 April 2013
Place of publication (origin): Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee
Obituaries, TimesFreePress.com

Betty Ruth Bay.
Age 73 [birth est.: 1940].
Residence: Anderson, S.C.
Date of death: Monday, 22 April 2013.
Location of death (at residence) [Anderson, South Carolina].
Birthplace: Sherwood, Tenn.
Occupation: Homemaker
Church Affiliation: Baptist

Preceded in death by:
Henry Guess and Lillie Mae Garner Guess Ritchie (parents).
Robert Guess (brother).
Sue Hunkapillar (sister).

Survivors:
William Arthur Bay (husband), of residence.
Raymond Ritchie (stepfather), of Chattanooga.
Carolyn Langen, of Anderson, S.C., Genevea Bell, of Pelzer, S.C., Kimberly McSkimming, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Christine Chaplin, of Byesville, Ohio (daughters).
Will Guess (brother), of Rossville, Ga.
Diana Roxbury (sister-in-law), of Elwood, Pa.
James Bay (brother-in-law), of Cambridge, Ohio
Also: 16 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral Service 24 April 2013, McDougald Funeral Home
Officiator: Lawrence Houston Bradford.
Interment: Anderson Memorial Gardens.
Memorial website: www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com.
Mortician: The McDougald Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Anderson, SC.

Obituary of Betty Ruth Bay, Obituaries, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee [TimesFreePress.com], 24 April 2013. http://www.timesfreepress.com/obits/2013/apr/24/betty-bay/39072/ (Accessed 12 November 2016).