In Memoriam: Angie Cotten, local matriarch, leaves legacy

Special to The Mississippi Link

10Angie L. CottenFamily and friends recently gathered at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Madison to say good-bye to one of the matriarch’s of Madison County, Angie Louise Davis Cotten, who succumbed on July 20, after a lengthy illness. She was born July 21, 1931 to the late Willie Walker Davis and Angie Clark Davis of Madison.

Cotten accepted Christ as her personal savior and united with Pilgrim Rest at an early age. She was a faithful member until her death. There, she served as a member of the Mothers’ Ministry, a senior choir member, a Sunday School teacher, the Baptist Training Union president and a Mission Ministry member.  She was also a member of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People and the Order of Eastern Star.

She wed Joe E. Cotten Sr. (now deceased) on March 10, 1951. From this union, seven children were born.

Cotten spent most of her adult professional years as a cook for several organizations and businesses which include Valley Food Service, Tougaloo Village Grill and Tougaloo College Cafeteria. She was also employed at Ridley Hill Head Start and served as a cook for Helen’s Childcare, Inc. (of Madison).

Cotten’s passion was making sure everyone had plenty of food to eat. She enjoyed the family atmosphere on Cotten Hill Street, a thoroughfare named in honor of the Cotten family’s contributions to the area.

She leaves to cherish her memories, her children: Robert (Annie), Clifton (Pamela), Helen (Alvin), Joe Jr. (Phyllis), and Evelyn, all of Madison; Joe Ann of Jackson, and Curtis (Lina) of Biloxi; a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and all who affectionately called her “Momma Cotten.”

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