Burma Ruth Cooksey Gaunt
Burma Ruth Cooksey Gaunt a long time resident of Woodstown, NJ, passed away suddenly on May 17, 2010, at the Memorial Hospital of Salem County after a brief hospitalization. Burma was born in Omega, GA, on June 17, 1925, and graduated from high school in Sylvester, GA. After the death of her father in 1943, she moved to Swedesboro, NJ with her sister, Lucille, and was soon followed by her sister, Lorraine. When she was eighteen years old, she began an apprenticeship with E.I. DuPont in Deepwater, NJ, and was employed there for thirty nine years, retiring as an analytical laboratory technician.
Burma lived in Woodstown for many years and was very active in the community. She was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church. She served on the Board of the Woodstown Day Care for several years. She was a member of the Woman's Club of Woodstown and was a past president of that organization. Burma was an avid reader and a self-educated lady who also volunteered her time at the Woodstown Public Library for many years. Her thirst for knowledge, love of literature and the arts and of fine cooking and dining was very influential to many people over the years, especially her nieces and nephew. She enjoyed card games of all types, but Bridge was her favorite, and she belonged to several Bridge clubs in the area. She was also an artist, and many of her works grace the homes of family and friends.
Burma was predeceased by her beloved husband of 54 years, Lewis E. Gaunt, her parents, Fred Duncan Cooksey and Jessie Will Shippey Cooksey, her sisters & brothers-in-law, Meta Lucille Cooksey & Arnold Hatcher, Nadine Cooksey & James Rogers; her brothers, Charlie Burke Cooksey and Fred Duncan "Ted" Cooksey, Jr., her niece, Glenda Rogers Williams, and her brother-in-law, Robert L. Twiss. She is survived by her sister, Lorraine Cooksey Twiss of Swedesboro, NJ, her nieces, Karen Marie Cooksey of San Diego, CA, and Jane Rogers Crawley & her husband, Jerome, of Waycross, GA, her nephew, Dr. James H. Rogers, Jr., and his wife, Kathy, of San Antonio, TX, and several great nieces and other relatives.
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM Friday, May 21st in the Asbury United Methodist Church, 142 S. Main St., Woodstown. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to one of the following:, Asbury United Methodist Church, 142 S. Main St., Woodstown, NJ 08098, American Legion Ambulance Squad, PO Box 187, Woodstown, NJ, 08098, Woodstown-Pilesgrove Public Library, 14 School Lane, Woodstown, NJ, 08098, or Friends Village at Woodstown, 1 Friends Dr., Woodstown, NJ 08098.
Arrangements are under the direction of the H.T. LAYTON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICE in Woodstown.
Published in The Gloucester County Times on May 21, 2010.
Source of links is " History of Webster County , Georgia", compiled by Weston Woman's Club, Wolfe Associates, Roswell, GA, 1980 ed. page 400-401 and the Shippey family history of her mother.
Contributor: C Bozeman (46985035)
Burma Ruth Cooksey Gaunt a long time resident of Woodstown, NJ, passed away suddenly on May 17, 2010, at the Memorial Hospital of Salem County after a brief hospitalization. Burma was born in Omega, GA, on June 17, 1925, and graduated from high school in Sylvester, GA. After the death of her father in 1943, she moved to Swedesboro, NJ with her sister, Lucille, and was soon followed by her sister, Lorraine. When she was eighteen years old, she began an apprenticeship with E.I. DuPont in Deepwater, NJ, and was employed there for thirty nine years, retiring as an analytical laboratory technician.
Burma lived in Woodstown for many years and was very active in the community. She was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church. She served on the Board of the Woodstown Day Care for several years. She was a member of the Woman's Club of Woodstown and was a past president of that organization. Burma was an avid reader and a self-educated lady who also volunteered her time at the Woodstown Public Library for many years. Her thirst for knowledge, love of literature and the arts and of fine cooking and dining was very influential to many people over the years, especially her nieces and nephew. She enjoyed card games of all types, but Bridge was her favorite, and she belonged to several Bridge clubs in the area. She was also an artist, and many of her works grace the homes of family and friends.
Burma was predeceased by her beloved husband of 54 years, Lewis E. Gaunt, her parents, Fred Duncan Cooksey and Jessie Will Shippey Cooksey, her sisters & brothers-in-law, Meta Lucille Cooksey & Arnold Hatcher, Nadine Cooksey & James Rogers; her brothers, Charlie Burke Cooksey and Fred Duncan "Ted" Cooksey, Jr., her niece, Glenda Rogers Williams, and her brother-in-law, Robert L. Twiss. She is survived by her sister, Lorraine Cooksey Twiss of Swedesboro, NJ, her nieces, Karen Marie Cooksey of San Diego, CA, and Jane Rogers Crawley & her husband, Jerome, of Waycross, GA, her nephew, Dr. James H. Rogers, Jr., and his wife, Kathy, of San Antonio, TX, and several great nieces and other relatives.
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM Friday, May 21st in the Asbury United Methodist Church, 142 S. Main St., Woodstown. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to one of the following:, Asbury United Methodist Church, 142 S. Main St., Woodstown, NJ 08098, American Legion Ambulance Squad, PO Box 187, Woodstown, NJ, 08098, Woodstown-Pilesgrove Public Library, 14 School Lane, Woodstown, NJ, 08098, or Friends Village at Woodstown, 1 Friends Dr., Woodstown, NJ 08098.
Arrangements are under the direction of the H.T. LAYTON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICE in Woodstown.
Published in The Gloucester County Times on May 21, 2010.
Source of links is " History of Webster County , Georgia", compiled by Weston Woman's Club, Wolfe Associates, Roswell, GA, 1980 ed. page 400-401 and the Shippey family history of her mother.
Contributor: C Bozeman (46985035)
Burma Ruth Cooksey Gaunt
Burma Ruth Cooksey Gaunt a long time resident of Woodstown, NJ, passed away suddenly on May 17, 2010, at the Memorial Hospital of Salem County after a brief hospitalization. Burma was born in Omega, GA, on June 17, 1925, and graduated from high school in Sylvester, GA. After the death of her father in 1943, she moved to Swedesboro, NJ with her sister, Lucille, and was soon followed by her sister, Lorraine. When she was eighteen years old, she began an apprenticeship with E.I. DuPont in Deepwater, NJ, and was employed there for thirty nine years, retiring as an analytical laboratory technician.
Burma lived in Woodstown for many years and was very active in the community. She was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church. She served on the Board of the Woodstown Day Care for several years. She was a member of the Woman's Club of Woodstown and was a past president of that organization. Burma was an avid reader and a self-educated lady who also volunteered her time at the Woodstown Public Library for many years. Her thirst for knowledge, love of literature and the arts and of fine cooking and dining was very influential to many people over the years, especially her nieces and nephew. She enjoyed card games of all types, but Bridge was her favorite, and she belonged to several Bridge clubs in the area. She was also an artist, and many of her works grace the homes of family and friends.
Burma was predeceased by her beloved husband of 54 years, Lewis E. Gaunt, her parents, Fred Duncan Cooksey and Jessie Will Shippey Cooksey, her sisters & brothers-in-law, Meta Lucille Cooksey & Arnold Hatcher, Nadine Cooksey & James Rogers; her brothers, Charlie Burke Cooksey and Fred Duncan "Ted" Cooksey, Jr., her niece, Glenda Rogers Williams, and her brother-in-law, Robert L. Twiss. She is survived by her sister, Lorraine Cooksey Twiss of Swedesboro, NJ, her nieces, Karen Marie Cooksey of San Diego, CA, and Jane Rogers Crawley & her husband, Jerome, of Waycross, GA, her nephew, Dr. James H. Rogers, Jr., and his wife, Kathy, of San Antonio, TX, and several great nieces and other relatives.
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM Friday, May 21st in the Asbury United Methodist Church, 142 S. Main St., Woodstown. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to one of the following:, Asbury United Methodist Church, 142 S. Main St., Woodstown, NJ 08098, American Legion Ambulance Squad, PO Box 187, Woodstown, NJ, 08098, Woodstown-Pilesgrove Public Library, 14 School Lane, Woodstown, NJ, 08098, or Friends Village at Woodstown, 1 Friends Dr., Woodstown, NJ 08098.
Arrangements are under the direction of the H.T. LAYTON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICE in Woodstown.
Published in The Gloucester County Times on May 21, 2010.
Source of links is " History of Webster County , Georgia", compiled by Weston Woman's Club, Wolfe Associates, Roswell, GA, 1980 ed. page 400-401 and the Shippey family history of her mother.
Contributor: C Bozeman (46985035)
Burma Ruth Cooksey Gaunt a long time resident of Woodstown, NJ, passed away suddenly on May 17, 2010, at the Memorial Hospital of Salem County after a brief hospitalization. Burma was born in Omega, GA, on June 17, 1925, and graduated from high school in Sylvester, GA. After the death of her father in 1943, she moved to Swedesboro, NJ with her sister, Lucille, and was soon followed by her sister, Lorraine. When she was eighteen years old, she began an apprenticeship with E.I. DuPont in Deepwater, NJ, and was employed there for thirty nine years, retiring as an analytical laboratory technician.
Burma lived in Woodstown for many years and was very active in the community. She was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church. She served on the Board of the Woodstown Day Care for several years. She was a member of the Woman's Club of Woodstown and was a past president of that organization. Burma was an avid reader and a self-educated lady who also volunteered her time at the Woodstown Public Library for many years. Her thirst for knowledge, love of literature and the arts and of fine cooking and dining was very influential to many people over the years, especially her nieces and nephew. She enjoyed card games of all types, but Bridge was her favorite, and she belonged to several Bridge clubs in the area. She was also an artist, and many of her works grace the homes of family and friends.
Burma was predeceased by her beloved husband of 54 years, Lewis E. Gaunt, her parents, Fred Duncan Cooksey and Jessie Will Shippey Cooksey, her sisters & brothers-in-law, Meta Lucille Cooksey & Arnold Hatcher, Nadine Cooksey & James Rogers; her brothers, Charlie Burke Cooksey and Fred Duncan "Ted" Cooksey, Jr., her niece, Glenda Rogers Williams, and her brother-in-law, Robert L. Twiss. She is survived by her sister, Lorraine Cooksey Twiss of Swedesboro, NJ, her nieces, Karen Marie Cooksey of San Diego, CA, and Jane Rogers Crawley & her husband, Jerome, of Waycross, GA, her nephew, Dr. James H. Rogers, Jr., and his wife, Kathy, of San Antonio, TX, and several great nieces and other relatives.
A memorial service will be held at 2 PM Friday, May 21st in the Asbury United Methodist Church, 142 S. Main St., Woodstown. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to one of the following:, Asbury United Methodist Church, 142 S. Main St., Woodstown, NJ 08098, American Legion Ambulance Squad, PO Box 187, Woodstown, NJ, 08098, Woodstown-Pilesgrove Public Library, 14 School Lane, Woodstown, NJ, 08098, or Friends Village at Woodstown, 1 Friends Dr., Woodstown, NJ 08098.
Arrangements are under the direction of the H.T. LAYTON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICE in Woodstown.
Published in The Gloucester County Times on May 21, 2010.
Source of links is " History of Webster County , Georgia", compiled by Weston Woman's Club, Wolfe Associates, Roswell, GA, 1980 ed. page 400-401 and the Shippey family history of her mother.
Contributor: C Bozeman (46985035)
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