Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Sterling Joab Cooper    
                Born: Mar- 7-1869          in Halifax Co, VA  1,2,3
                Died: Feb- 9-1930          in Wake Co, NC  1,2
              Buried:                      in Piney Grove Baptist Cemetery, Fuquay-Varina, Wake Co, NC  2
              Census: 1920                 in Lee Co, NC  
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Wake Co, NC  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Della F. Mills   4  
             Married: Oct- 6-1897          in Wake Co, NC  5
                Born: Sep-19-1879          in Wake Co, NC  6,2,3
                Died: Aug-21-1966          in Raleigh, Wake Co, NC  6,2
              Buried:                      in Piney Grove Baptist Cemetery, Fuquay-Varina, Wake Co, NC  2,6
             Resided:                      in Apex, Wake Co, NC  6
              Census: 1930                 in Wake Co, NC  
              Census: 1920                 in Lee Co, NC  
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Wake Co, NC  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Bayard Joab "Bill" Cooper      
         Census name: Paul J. Cooper 
                Born: Mar-15-1905          in North Carolina  7,8,9
                Died: Jun-25-1950          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  7,8
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  7,2
      Cause of death:                      drowned in flood (cloudburst)  7
             Resided:                      in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Census: 1940                 in Flatwoods, Braxton Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Lee Co, NC  
              Census: 1910                 in Wake Co, NC  
          Occupation:                      electrician  7
                Wife: Vevie Lee Squires  b. Oct-23-1903  d. Jun-25-1950  
         Census name: Veva Lee Squires 
             Married: Apr-29-1929          in Etowah Co, AL  

Sources:
(1) North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 (online), Ancestry.com and North Carolina State Archives. 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) 1910 Census. 
(4) Death record of son. 
(5) North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and North Carolina State Archives. 
(6) North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, NC Center for Health Statistics, NC Vital 
Records, NC State Archives. 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(8) Headstone (year only) 
(9) 1940 Census, Braxton County, WV. 







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