Mrs. Cooper died at her residence on January 21, 2015. She was born on November 27, 1941 in Arkansas to the late Johnny and Retha Carter Johnson. She enjoyed working crossword puzzles, watching Wheel of Fortune, being outdoors, and spending time with her family and her church family. She retired from Chalybeate school as a custodian. She was a member of Soul’s Harbor Apostolic Church. Her family said that she was one that “meant what what she said and said what she meant!”
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Pat Cooper; two brothers, Doyan and Genie Johnson; and two sisters Lily Mae Edwards and Velma Lou Cagle.
Survivors include two daughters, Della Massengill and husband Jerry Jr. and Sussie Cormell and husband Scott; one sister Thelma Ruth Clark; two grandchildren, Zipper Massengill and Shelby Cormell and a host of friends.
