Grethel (Warren) Cooper (1917 - 2008)

Born 1917 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of James Clinton Cooper — married 2 Jun 1946 in Candler, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Biography

Grethel was born in 1917. She is the daughter of Weldon Warren and Etta Unknown.

Obituary

Ancestry.com Obituaries message board COOPER, Grethel

Grethel Cooper, 91, of Asheville,NC passed away Sunday, August 10, 2008 at Elizabeth House in Flat Rock following an extended battle with cancer.

A native of Buncombe County and long time resident of West Asheville, she was the eldest daughter of the late Weldon H. and Mary Etta Morgan Warren. She was also preceded in death by her husband J. Clinton Cooper, who died July 9, 1989, and by two sisters, Teena Strange and Betty King, and a brother, Weldon H. Warren, Jr. She was a member of Emma Baptist Church and a former member of White Rock Baptist Church in Candler. She was retired from Taylor Instrument Co.

She was a loving sister, aunt, friend, and caregiver to her siblings, nieces and nephews.

Surviving are three sisters and three brothers, Mattiewood McCurry and husband, Carroll, of Candler, Juanice Warren of Asheville, Violet W. Ducker of Mills River, Sam Warren of Desert Hot Springs, CA, Robert L. Warren and wife, Coralee, of Baltimore, MD, and Levon Warren and wife, Brenda, of Asheville, and many loving nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, followed by a funeral at 11:00 a.m. in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home. The Revs. Dan McCurry and Ryan Ducker will officiate with interment to follow at Pisgah View Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Elizabeth House, 581 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731-9447.

www.grocefuneralhome.com

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKC-Q2Z : accessed 10 October 2018), Grethel Warren in household of Weldon Warren, Upper Hominy, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 41, sheet 21A, line 28, family 272, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1287; FHL microfilm 1,821,287.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39B-LG1 : accessed 10 October 2018), Grethel F Warren in household of Weldon H Warren, Upper Hominy, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 63, sheet 28B, line 96, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1677; FHL microfilm 2,341,411.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW9J-1PG : 14 March 2018), Grethel Warren in household of Weldon Warren, Upper Hominy Township, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-91B, sheet 12B, line 47, family 99, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2879.

• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8MZ-1B3 : 10 February 2018), James C. Cooper and Grethel F. Warren, 02 Jun 1946; citing Candler, Buncombe, N.C., reference P 89-B; FHL microfilm 412,577.

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTQ-33X : 4 November 2017), James C Cooper and Grethel F Warren, 02 Jun 1946; citing Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 412,579.

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGZT-69Q : 18 July 2017), Grethel Warren in entry for James Clinton Cooper, 09 Jul 1989; citing Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, v 28B cn 28682, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,991,559.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG6-YH9Y : 13 December 2015), Grethel W Cooper, ; Burial, Candler, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States of America, Pisgah View Memorial Park; citing record ID 121997332, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #121997332