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5 Funeral Will Take Place This Afternoon in Athens, the Ser-L vices to be Conducted by Dr. 1 A. G. Richards.t0' Mrs. Willis A. Cook of Athens died at the Day is-Fisher sanitarium iri Atlanta yesterday morning.The remains were brought to Athens at 3:20 this afternoon and the funeral will be conducted immediately after the arrival of the train at the Emmanuel Episcopal church by Dr. A. G. Richards. The interment will be held in the Oconee cemetery.Mrs. Cook moved to Athens following the death of her husband in Mobile, Ala., in April, 1916, and sirn-e that time has made her home with Mrs. A. R. Nicholson, her sister, on Henderson avenue.Mrs. Cook was well known in Athens where she has hosts of friends that mourn ‘ter loss. She was kind-hearted, generous and cultured and in her passing Athens lost one of its1 most beloved citizens.Mrs. Cook when a girl lived in Athens and as a consequence she was well known in the city. She was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal church and was an ardent worker in the church activities.The only relative of her immediate family tnat survive her is her sister, Mrs. A. R. Nicholson, of Athens.The following arc the pallbearers: Messrs. C. II. Phinipy, W. B. Speed-man, M. G. Dearing, J. E. Talmadgo, 'Si*., E. L. Wilkins Nand M. G. Nicholson.
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Athens Daily Herald
Athens, Georgia, US
Wed, Aug 07, 1918
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