Extracted from The Butler Herald (Butler, GA)
Thursday, June 11, 1959

Mrs. Susie Cotney Dies at Macon Sunday Morning

Funeral for Mrs. Cotney Took Place Monday Afternoon at Mt. Olive Church.

Mrs. Susie M. Cotney, 74, died at a Macon hospital Sunday morning, 5 o'clock. She had been ill for about six months, however, her death was attributed to a heart attack.

Mrs. Cotney was born in this countty [sic county] Aug. 27, 1884, a daughter of the late Mr. Franklin I. and Mrs. Mary E. Windham Millirons. She spent most of her life in the Taylor Mill community of this county. However, she moved to Macon several years ago to make her home with a daughter, Mrs. Lorene Campbell. She was well known in Taylor county having contributed many interesting and informative articles to the Herald and to the Macon Telegraph in former years. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints.

Funeral services for Mrs. Cotney were held at the Mt. Olive Baptist church, Taylor Mill, at 3 p.m. Monday. Elder J. D. Parker of Macon officiated. He was assisted by Eld. Henry C. Carroll also of Macon. Interment was in Mt. Olive cemetery.

Pall bearers were Messrs Noel Houston and Charles Cotney, J. C. Smith, Jack Ham and Taylor Harris.

Survivors include two sons, Mr. Wm. Franklin Cotney, Butler and Mr. Douglas Cotney, Reynolds; two daughter[s], Mrs. Lorene Campbell of Macon and Mrs. Lois Bearden, Sumter, S.C.; one brother, Walter Millirons, Buena Vista; and one sister, Mrs. Beulah Harmon, this city.

Goddard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.