Cotter, Rev. Douglas M.

Wakefield, Virginia

Rev. Douglas M. Cotter, 88, passed away Monday, February 6, 2006 at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. Born May 29, 1917 in Hartsdale, New York, he was the son of the late Richard Comfort and Ruth Murgatroyd Cotter. He was predeceased by his wife, Irene Neprash Cotter.

Rev. Cotter was serving with the Egyptian Agricultural Department when he visited Palestine, and upon visiting Calvary he decided he would become a minister. He was a graduate of Stony Brook School, Long Island, NY, Columbia Bible College, Columbia, SC, and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA. Over the years he was minister to Columbus Quarter Baptist Church in West Edmiston, NY 1945-1948, North Wales Baptist Church, North Wales, PA 1948-1955, Wakefield, Dendron and Elam Baptist Churches in Virginia 1955-1962, Manoa Baptist Church in Havertown, PA 1962 - 1967, First Baptist Church, Pedricktown, NJ 1967 - 1979, and Crystal Hill Southern Baptist Church in Crystal Hill, VA 1979-1985. He and his loving wife, Irene, decided to retire in Wakefield after leaving Crystal Hill.

Rev. Cotter is survived by two sons, Dean Allen Cotter of Bountiful, Utah, and Douglas Ralph Cotter of Woodstown, NJ; one brother, Rev. Lee M. Cotter of Moon, VA; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of friends.

Funeral services will be held in Wakefield Baptist Church, Wakefield, Virginia, on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Linwood Peterson, the Rev. Richard Carter, and the Rev. Jim Kerr officiating. Interment will follow in Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Virginia.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Wakefield Baptist Church, P. O. Box 178, Wakefield, VA. 23888, or to Columbia Bible College, Class of 1942 Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 3122, Columbia, SC 29230-3122. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be posted at www.jtmorriss.com.