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Cooke are still living, Mrs. Ethal Cooksey at Amissville and Mrs. Marshall (Sadie) Scott of Washington, D. C.
At age 19, she was married to the late Clarence Clifford Cooke of Viewtown. The ceremony took place on December 18, 1905 at Forest Grove Baptist Church, and was conducted by the minister, the Rev. Stockton Cole. She had joined the church two years previously and remains a member, needless to say, the oldest.
“My husband worked for as little as $125 a year and we saved money," she said. “I picked cherries and blackberries or any other fruit to put up for the winter, milked cows, slopped the hogs or did whatever needed to be done.”
Clarence and Bertha had a family of seven and all except one are still living. Two sons, Clifford and Harry live with their mother and care for her. Harry does the cooking and takes care of the house while Clifford works in Barron’s store across the road.
Other members of the family are Elmer, Amissville; Raymond, Castleton; Mrs. Maude Corbin, Culpeper; Mrs. Virginia Bihl. Pennsylvania. A son, Fred, is deceased.
Joining the Cooke family are ten grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
On Sunday about twentyfive family members and friends dropped in to extend best wishes on her birthday, and she also received an official birthday card from Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, of which she was very proud.
She agreed that this administration hadn't done everything right, to her way of thinking. 4>ut Carter was president and it was nice to receive congratulations from him.
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