| Obit For | John S. Cooper |
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| Headline | BARRY COUNTY BOY DIES IN FRANCE; REMAINS RETURNED HOME |
| Text | Private John S. Cooper Who Left For Training Camp Succumbs to Spinal Meningitis - Wash Cooper northwest of Cassville received a telegram from the war department at Washington Saturday afternoon, bringing him the sad news of the death of his son, Private John S. Cooper, who was in the service of his country in Frances. The cause of death was given as spinal meningitis and the date July 13. John entrained at Cassville for Camp Funston on April 26, 1918 He landed at France June 16, 1918. His father received a card information him of his son’s safe landing in due time after June 17. John was born near Mano and had lived all of his life in this county. He was 21 years old and single. About one year ago he was converted and united with the Baptist church at Antioch and lived the kind of life he had professed. His family has the sympathy of the people of the county in their bereavement. Fred Cooper, a cousin of John’s who died in December at Camp Funston, was the first Barry county solider boy to die while away in his county’s service and John Cooper is the first death reported of one of the Barry county boy’s in the service overseas. The memory of these noble young men will ever be cherished as the first Barry county’s heroes who made the supreme sacrifice in obedience to the call of their county. Memorial services in his honor are to be conducted at the Antioch church, Sunday afternoon, July 28, at 3 o’clock. Obit #2 - The remains of Soldier John S. Cooper who died in a U. S. Hospital in England, June 30, 1918, of meningitis, arrived in this city, accompanied by Staff Sergeant David C. Wilks of Camp Pike, Ark., who delivered the remains to Wash. Cooper of Shell Knob, taking his receipt. The remains were conveyed to the Baptist Church, where funeral services were conducted by Rev. Edward Chappell after which the remains were conveyed to a cemetery near Shell Knob, where they were interred. John S. Cooper was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and that church on receiving news of his death, held appropriate funeral service to his memory. The most beautiful flag on earth covered the coffin and was presented to the father by Staff Sergeant Wilks as his. Many relatives and friends were at the C. & W. depot to meet the remains. His remains were in a metallic coffin. He was a member of Co. C., 356 Infantry. Prviate John S. Cooper Parents Names: George W. "Wash" Cooper Place Born: Mano, Barry Co., MO Date Born: June 10, 1894 Date Died: June 30, 1918 Place Died: France Cemetery: Painter Cemetery, Barry Co., MO Newspaper: Cassville Republican Paper Date: July 25, 1918 Research Note: Name John S. Cooper: Resource: Missouri State Archives Soldier’s Records World War I - Listed John S. Cooper DIED OF MENINGITIS 30 JUN 1918 FATHER, GEORGE W. COOPER, CASSVILLE, MO NOTIFIED Inducted 4/26/1918 in Cassville, Missouri. Age 23 5/6 Yrs. Organizations served in with dates of assignments as: CO 44 164 DEP BRIG 28 APR/18 TO 14 May 1918 - CO C 356 INF - to 30 June 1918 From Barry County Web Site Painter Cemetery Listed name as John S. Cooper Birth Date June 10, 1894 Death June 30, 1918 Research note: l Missouri PVT Co. C. 356 Infantry WWI |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Cassville Republican |
| Date | July 25, 1918; Sept. 3, 1920 |
| Death Cert Link | - |
| Resource | Cassville Republican and Military Records - MO Archives |
| Submitted by | Barbara Erwin |
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