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Submitted: 4/1/12 • Approved: 4/1/12 • Last Updated: 9/6/12 • R670118-G670117-S3
Born 1855, Alabama.
Died January 19, 1931, Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas.
Daughter of John Moses Smith & Eliza Ann Dowdle Smith.
Married Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Cooper, 1871, Arkansas.
The Melbourne Times, Melbourne, Arkansas, January 23, 1931:
Aunt “Zip” Cooper Dead
Mrs. Martha Zipora Cooper known as “Aunt Zip” Cooper, died at the home of her son, Rev. W. M. Cooper at 3 o’clock Sunday morning following an illness of only a few days of erysipelas.
She was born in Alabama in 1854 and came to Arkansas when 17 years of age. She was married to Frank Cooper two years later and spent practically all the remainder of her life in this county.
She is survived by six children; P. S. Cooper of Yale, Okla.; L. J. Cooper of Oxford; Mrs. Frances Smith of Bradford; W. M. Cooper of Melbourne; A. J. Cooper of Franklin; and N. E. Cooper of Larkin. Her husband died 17 years ago.
Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church at Oxford Sunday afternoon, by Rev. W. W. Peterson, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Oxford Cemetery.
“Aunt Zip” was one of Melbourne’s best loved citizens, as was demonstrated by the various tributes of respect shown her remains Sunday, but more than this the influence of her life has been felt for years and will continue to be felt throughout the years to come by the citizens here.
The Times feels that one of our noblest women has left us and joins in with the entire community to extent sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
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