Per the gravestone placed for her in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery upon Red Top Mountain in Bartow County, Georgia, Nellie possibly died in childbirth. The same stone suggests the infant was buried with her. However, there is no mention of the baby in the obituary transcribed below. Tribune-News (Cartersville, Georgia) 15 December 1921 MRS. NELLIE COTHRAN On one bright December day, just as the golden sun was rising at six o'clock and ten minutes, God sent a holy angel and called the dear companion of Mr. Ben Cothran home to God, where her rest will be forever in the arms of our dear Sabior. [sic] It seems so sad to give Nellie up in her sweet young life. She was ever ready to do anything or her fellow-man and a true worker for her Lord and Master. [Nellie and Ben] had been married one year and three months, and their married life was the happiest time of their lives. Weep not, dear ones, for Nellie, for she is waiting in heaven for you. Yes, we miss her in the morning; miss the...
Telling the Tales of Tombstones