Memorial to William Cooke
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Memorial to William Cooke
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 8 Sep 2016
On the south wall of the nave is a memorial to William Cooke: In Loving Memory of WILLIAM COOKE, WHO AFTER A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS BORNE WITH MUCH PATIENCE ENTERED INTO REST ON NOVEMBER 6TH 1909 IN HIS 56TH YEAR. FROM HIS CHILDHOOD A CONSTANT ATTENDANT, HE WAS FOR SEVEN YEARS A SIDESMAN AND A WARDEN OF THIS CHURCH TO WHICH HE WAS GREATLY ATTACHED. HE WAS ALSO A REGULAR AND ATTENTIVE SCHOLAR, AND, FOR OVER 30 YEARS AN EARNEST AND CONSISTENT TEACHER IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. A DEVOTED SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND AND FATHER; A TRUE FRIEND AND A WILLING AND LIBERAL CONTRIBUTOR TO RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE WORK. HE HAS LEFT MANY TO MOURN HIS LOSS. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS BEREAVED WIFE AND SONS "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord --- Yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and there works do follow them" REVELATIONS XIV.13.
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Image Location
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53.452156
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-2.112596