Well, you know, I knew the minute I saw that name, William Wert Cooper, that I had heard it before. I was born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi, up in the Northwestern part of the state, in the heart of the Delta. Sure enough, I looked on Switchboard again, and found - lo and behold - Wert Cooper. Now, I don't know if this is the same William Wert Cooper that you're talking about, but the name Wert is unusual enough for me to think that it might be. Here's the address: Wert Cooper 723 Cypress Creek Drive Clarksdale, Mississippi (662) 624-5516 His wife is listed as Emily Cooper at the same address. Good luck. I hope this is the one you're looking for. By the way, let me know if it is. This is the fun part - I love solving mysteries! Guess that's why I'm into genealogy! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stu and Priscilla Fanning" <sfpf4@yahoo.com> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:23 PM Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Mitchell and Cooper families - Clarksdale, MS - 1950 > Since you folks in Mississippi are so very helpful, I will continue on > with my search for people in your state! I am trying to add to the > information in the book: > > "Families of Joseph and Isaac Wyatt (brothers) who were the sons of > Zachariah ("Sacker") and Elizabeth (Ripley) Wyatt, of Durant's Neck, > Perquimans County, North Carolina" > > > > I am looking for living descendants of these connected families: > > Joseph Wyatt Mitchell (b. 8/1/1886) He was involved in insurance, bonding, > investment banking and real estate in Clarksville since 1911. > > Mrs. Maggie Calhoun (Pattison) Mitchell, his wife. > > Joseph and Maggie had two children: > > Margaret Pattison (Mitchell) Cooper (b. Mar. 5, 1916) (She married William > Wert Cooper who was a Civil engineer with the Levee Board.) > > Joseph Wyatt Mitchell, Jr. (b. 12/16/1917) He graduated from Mississippi > State College in 1938. In 1950 he was an Army Capt. and living at Ft. > Sill, Okla. He married Patricia Louise (McCoy) Mitchell. In 1950, they > had no children. > > *************************** > To go back to Margaret and William Cooper -- They had 2 children by 1950: > > William Wert Cooper, Jr. (b. June 2, 1940) > > Maggie Pattison Cooper (b. July 14, 1948) > > If anyone knows anything about any of these people or their descendants, I > would appreciate hearing from you. > Priscilla > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hi Sue, There is now a letter to Wert Cooper in my mailbox ready for the postman to pick up! Thanks for the address. He may also be the owner of Mag-pie Gift and Art on Delta Avenue in Clarksdale. Couldn't find an e-mail address. I prefer to write a letter or e-mail vs. a phone call so that people have time to figure out how they want to react. Some people just don't want to be bothered. I know what you mean about solving a mystery. I think of all of it as a puzzle to be solved. Priscilla --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we.

Well, I'm really pleased to even think that this just MIGHT be the Wert Cooper you're looking for. I just remembered (yeah, I'm a little slower these days - HA!) that I have the e-mail address for a high school classmate in Clarksdale, so I wrote to her about this. Hopefully, she will get back to me and tell me if she knows Wert Cooper and whether he owns that Mag-Pie business. How did you know about that business? Sue Howard Well, I know you'll think I'm crazy, but I just called the Mag-Pie, just for the heck of it (mainly cause I wanted to talk to somebody "Southern" and this is so much fun.) Anyway, whoever answered (a lady) gave me the e-mail address (she thinks) and also she told me that Wert Cooper does own the Mag-Pie. Here's the e-mail address (hopefully it's right). GIFTSHOP@bellsouth.net Good luck! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stu and Priscilla Fanning" <sfpf4@yahoo.com> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Mitchell and Cooper families - Clarksdale, MS - 1950 > Hi Sue, > There is now a letter to Wert Cooper in my mailbox ready for the > postman to pick up! Thanks for the address. He may also be the owner of > Mag-pie Gift and Art on Delta Avenue in Clarksdale. Couldn't find an > e-mail address. I prefer to write a letter or e-mail vs. a phone call so > that people have time to figure out how they want to react. Some people > just don't want to be bothered. > I know what you mean about solving a mystery. I think of all of it as > a puzzle to be solved. > Priscilla > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >