COUSINS, JOSEPH ALBERT Conference Relations: Licensed to Preach 1911; Admitted on Trial Methodist Episcopal Newark Conference 1914; Full Member 1918; Deacon 1916, Wilson; Elder 1918, Cook; Transferred to Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference 1919; Member Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference at Union 1939; Retired 1957; Member Methodist Western Pennsylvania Conference at Merger 1962; Member United Methodist Western Pennsylvania Conference at Union 1970. Deceased: August 11, 1970 at Meadville, PA. Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Sharon, PA.

Appointments: Pleasantville Circuit (Bedford County) 1911-1913; East Millstone 1913-1915; Pattenburg 1915-1917; Bloomsbury 1917-1919; Edinburg/Wesley 1919-1920; Farrell 1920-1921; Sharpsville 1921-1926; Reynoldsville 1926-1928; Erie: Cascade 1928-1932; Cattaraugus 1932- 1935; Sharon: Oakland Avenue 1935-1937; New Castle: Croton Avenue 1937-1941; Meadville: Grace 1941-1945; Punxsutawney: First 1945- 1951; DuBois: Lakeside/Sabula 1951-1952; Rouseville 1952-1957; Retired 1957; Branchton 1957-1963; Saegertown Associate 1963-1965; State Road 1965-1970.

 Obituary: Joseph A. Cousins MEADVILLE - The Rev. Dr. Joseph A. Cousins, 86, of Guys Mills RD 1, Crawford County, Pa. died in Spencer Hospital in Meadville yesterday after a short illness. Dr. Cousins was born in Kittanning on May 6, 1884 to the late Joseph and Lydia Eisenhuth Cousins. He was a minister in the United Methodist Church for the past 58 years, and was a pastor in churches in Erie, Punxsutawney, Meadville. the Croton Avenue Methodist Church in New Castle, Sharon, Reynoldsville, Sharpsville, and in retirement served Methodist Churches in Branchton and in Meadville. He was a graduate of Grew Theological Seminary in Madison, N.J. He is survived by his wife, the former Jessie Beck, whom he married Jan. 4, 1905; three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Jessie) Newberry of Lake City, Pa., Mrs. Oscar (Helen) Bishop of Sharon and Mrs. Frank (Neva) Chismar of Guys Mills; four sons, the Rev. James Cousins of Erie, Richard of Dubois, the Rev. William Cousins of Union City, Mich, and Joseph of Saegertown, Pa.; 20 grandchildren, and 24 great grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Robert W. Waid Funeral Home, 581 Chestnut St., Meadville from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. The service will be at the funeral home Friday at 1:30 p.m. and burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Sharon. New Castle News; Aug 12, 1970