Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Cook Voris, 81, widow of J. W. Voris, Burgin farmer, were held Monday at Burgin with burial in Spring Hill cemetery. Mrs. Voris died at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 1934, at her home after a two-weeks illness of pneumonia.
Services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. at the Burgin Baptist church, in whose organization in 1891 Mrs. Voris played a part. Active in church duties, Mrs. Voris was one of the three surviving charter members. Others are her son, Rev. Atwood L. Voris, and Mrs. Fox Peach, both Burgin. Rev. J. O. Carter, the pastor, officiated.
Mrs. Voris was the daughter of Rev. Strother Cook and Lucy Mitchell Cook and a native of Mercer county. Born near Burgin, she lived in the city or near there until her death. She was one of 12 children and the mother of a like number.
Besides Rev. Voris, she is survived by five other sons, W. C. and Stanley Voris, Burgin; Ed Voris, Washington, D. C.; Hugh Voris, San Francisco; Harry Voris, Stone, Ky.; three daughters, Mrs. R. T. Wilds, Burgin; Mrs. Ed Curpen, Plymouth, O., and Mrs. Robert Robinson, Stone; three sisters, Mrs. Julia Stone, Norwood, O.; Mrs. Emma Rose, Piqua, O., and Mrs. Elizabeth Litrell, Burgin, and one brother, James Cook, Vicksburg, Miss. Several grandchildren and great-grandchildren also survive.
(courtesy of Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, KY, Fri Mar 9, 1934)
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Cook Voris, 81, widow of J. W. Voris, Burgin farmer, were held Monday at Burgin with burial in Spring Hill cemetery. Mrs. Voris died at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 1934, at her home after a two-weeks illness of pneumonia.
Services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. at the Burgin Baptist church, in whose organization in 1891 Mrs. Voris played a part. Active in church duties, Mrs. Voris was one of the three surviving charter members. Others are her son, Rev. Atwood L. Voris, and Mrs. Fox Peach, both Burgin. Rev. J. O. Carter, the pastor, officiated.
Mrs. Voris was the daughter of Rev. Strother Cook and Lucy Mitchell Cook and a native of Mercer county. Born near Burgin, she lived in the city or near there until her death. She was one of 12 children and the mother of a like number.
Besides Rev. Voris, she is survived by five other sons, W. C. and Stanley Voris, Burgin; Ed Voris, Washington, D. C.; Hugh Voris, San Francisco; Harry Voris, Stone, Ky.; three daughters, Mrs. R. T. Wilds, Burgin; Mrs. Ed Curpen, Plymouth, O., and Mrs. Robert Robinson, Stone; three sisters, Mrs. Julia Stone, Norwood, O.; Mrs. Emma Rose, Piqua, O., and Mrs. Elizabeth Litrell, Burgin, and one brother, James Cook, Vicksburg, Miss. Several grandchildren and great-grandchildren also survive.
(courtesy of Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, KY, Fri Mar 9, 1934)
Family Members
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George William Cook
1839–1914
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John Stephen Cook
1842–1864
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Mary Jemima "Mollie" Cook Taylor
1844–1911
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Susan Bell Cook Curd
1846–1921
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Lucy Jane Cook King
1849–1923
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Rev Strother Moses Cook Jr
1851–1907
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Allen Thomas Cook
1855–1914
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Julia Ann Cook
1857 – unknown
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Elizabeth Malvia "Lizzie" Cook Littrell
1859–1936
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Emma Dora Cook Rose
1862–1949
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James Stanley Cook
1864–1940
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Atwood Lee Voris
1871–1963
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Judge John Cook Voris
1874–1910
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Mary Catherine "Katie" Voris Perkins
1876–1912
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Ada Truehart Voris Wilds
1878–1957
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William Claude Voris
1880–1968
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James Stanley Voris
1882–1966
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Howard King Voris
1884–1886
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Edward Franklin Voris
1886–1953
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Hugh Allen Voris
1888–1977
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Lucy Mitchell Voris Curpen
1890–1967
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Sarah Ruth Voris Robinson
1893–1981
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Harry Strother Voris
1895–1986
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