Patricia Holmes Cooper

Patricia Holmes Cooper was born on August 16, 1939 in Charleston, South Carolina and grew up in Kingstree, South Carolina. She was a 1961 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Agnes Scott College and earned a Master's Degree from Louisiana State University. Patricia was an instructor and later academic counselor at Louisiana State University in the College of Arts and Sciences. She was a long time resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and moved to Atlanta in 2017 where she was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church.

Patricia is survived by her husband of 64 years, Dr. William James Cooper, Jr., son William James Cooper III and his wife Hadley Smith Cooper of Washington, D.C., son Michael Holmes Cooper and his wife Angela Fortier Cooper of Atlanta, Georgia, and her beloved grandchildren, Michael Cooper, Jr., John Cooper, Clover Cooper and Catherine Cooper, and also her brother Dr. Michael Wood Holmes of Spartanburg, South Carolina. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Michael Holmes and Margaret Yauger Holmes.

A graveside service will be held at Indiantown Presbyterian Church, Williamsburg County, South Carolina in the afternoon on November 7, 2026.