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Fannie <I>Cooke</I> Smith

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Fannie Cooke Smith

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
29 Jun 1949 (aged 83)
Bayport, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Burial
Sayville, Suffolk County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.7368926, Longitude: -73.0764553
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Daughter of Abraham Cooke and Fannie N. Ross, wife of Wilson Randolph Smith, whom she married on on November 12, 1885, in Brooklyn, New York, and father of Edith I. (married Pierce Andrew McKee) and Gordon Sheffield Smith.

Obituary - Mrs. Fannie Cooke Smith, widow of Wilson Randolph Smith, died on Wednesday at her home on Middle Road, Bayport, where she has been spending the summers for about 60 years. Mrs. Smith was born in Brooklyn, 83 years ago. the daughter of the late Abram and Fannie Ross Cooke. She was ill a comparatively short time and until the past year or two was possessed of boundless energy. A smiling, friendly lady, Mrs. Smith had hosts of friends and was active in the social life of Bayport, Sayville and other south shore villages. She had been a hard worker in the Red Cross and was active in the Sayville Garden Club. Mrs. Smith leaves one daughter, Mrs. Edith I. McKee, a brother, Charles Cooke, and one sister, Miss Belle Gordon Cooke, all of Bayport, three grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Mrs. Smith is reposing at Raynor's Chapel until noon today and funeral services will be held at two o'clock this afternoon from St. Ann's Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Joseph H. Bond officiating. Interment will be private.

(Long Island Surnames; Fanny Cook in the U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989; Fannie C Smith in the New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956, Certificate Number 37914; The Suffolk County news., July 01, 1949, Page 4)
Daughter of Abraham Cooke and Fannie N. Ross, wife of Wilson Randolph Smith, whom she married on on November 12, 1885, in Brooklyn, New York, and father of Edith I. (married Pierce Andrew McKee) and Gordon Sheffield Smith.

Obituary - Mrs. Fannie Cooke Smith, widow of Wilson Randolph Smith, died on Wednesday at her home on Middle Road, Bayport, where she has been spending the summers for about 60 years. Mrs. Smith was born in Brooklyn, 83 years ago. the daughter of the late Abram and Fannie Ross Cooke. She was ill a comparatively short time and until the past year or two was possessed of boundless energy. A smiling, friendly lady, Mrs. Smith had hosts of friends and was active in the social life of Bayport, Sayville and other south shore villages. She had been a hard worker in the Red Cross and was active in the Sayville Garden Club. Mrs. Smith leaves one daughter, Mrs. Edith I. McKee, a brother, Charles Cooke, and one sister, Miss Belle Gordon Cooke, all of Bayport, three grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Mrs. Smith is reposing at Raynor's Chapel until noon today and funeral services will be held at two o'clock this afternoon from St. Ann's Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Joseph H. Bond officiating. Interment will be private.

(Long Island Surnames; Fanny Cook in the U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989; Fannie C Smith in the New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956, Certificate Number 37914; The Suffolk County news., July 01, 1949, Page 4)


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  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149403131/fannie-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Fannie Cooke Smith (28 Apr 1866–29 Jun 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149403131, citing Saint Anns Cemetery, Sayville, Suffolk County, New York, USA; Maintained by Aislin (contributor 46535342).