COUNTY PIONEER TAKEN BY DEATH:  MURDOCK COOEY SUCCUMBS AT HOME AFTER YEAR'S ILLNESS:  William Murdock Cooey, age 64, died at his home near Westville at 5:20 p m last Tuesday, June 26th.  Death resulted from paralysis which overtook the Deceased April 11, 1933, and kept him confined to his bed most of the time since.

	Burial was at Camp Ground cemetery, at old Cerro Gordo, Wednesday afternoon, Rev Moore, Presbyterian minister, officiating.  The funeral was largely attended by the many neighbors and friends of the deceased, from far and near.

	The deceased is survived by his widow, formerly Mattie Jones, and 11 children, three of  whom were by his first wife, nee Miss Susie Pitman.  The children, all surviving are:  Julia Lee, Walker, Lois, Lottie, Bill, Aleck, Emmett, Jewell, Colon, Murdock, Jr, and Shirley.  Two brothers are three sisters survive.  They are Julias Cooey, of Westville; D P M Cooey, of Perry; and Mrs Emma Arnold, Mrs Patsy Mathis and Mrs Mary Wade, all of Westville.

	Mr Cooey was born at the old Cooey homestead near Westville.  His father and mother were also born in that section.  His life was spent among the scenes of his birth, and there he engaged successfully in the enterprise of farming and stock raising, accumulating considerable wealth.  He was of the frugal habits of the pioneer stock, and combined with that quality the pioneer trait of friendliness.  He was a kind neighbor and friend, noted for his spontaneous hospitality.  With Mr Cooey's departure Holmes county loses another of those sturdy citizens which combine the outstanding qualities of the older generation with those of the later.
	
SOURCE: HOLMES COUNTY ADVERTISER, 29 JUN 1934