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Show FOR HIS LAST RTiTING PLACE. Thle Man Hit PrparH Monuments for Himself and Wife. The contemplation of one's last rest-Jug rest-Jug place is not an agreeable pastime for the normal human being. He prefers pre-fers to prepare himself for life rather ; than death. This Is not thj case with John 9. Cook, a prosperous far.vter of Newton county. Georgia, w!o Ins just com- ' pleted at a cost of $1,800 monuments to himself and wife and a walled tomb In which their bodies are to be placed after death. Mr. Cook has taken great delight in the work and goes out to the cemetery frequently to contemplate contem-plate the shafts. Each shaft bears an ' appropriate Inscription, the date of death only being left blank. Mr. Cook Is related to prominent families in the sect; n in which he lives. He has several married children chil-dren and he and his wife are living all alone In their little home in Covington. Coving-ton. He Is a member of the Primitive Baptist and also of the Missionary I Baptist church. j i I |