Marian Jamerson Cooper 6124 Allie Cooper Road Godwin, NC passed away peacefully at her home on March 16, 2020. She was born in Dillwyn, Virginia on March 16, 1924 to late Reverend and Mrs. B.C. Jamerson of Buena Vista, Virginia.
She was also preceded in death by her late husband, Allie Cooper Jr. from Falcon, NC; Her siblings: Benjamin Jamerson, Dorothy George, Kitty J. Dunford and Shirley Jamerson.
She is a graduate of Emmanuel Academy High School and attended Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia where she met the love of her life, Allie Cooper Jr.
Mrs. Cooper was a member of Culbreth Memorial Pentecostal Holiness Church in Falcon, NC where she was a leader of the young adults and a preschool Sunday School teacher for 35 years. She was a very active member serving on the decorating committee and Secretary and Treasurer for the Women’s Circle for many years. In the span of those years, Mrs. Cooper decorated for over twenty-five weddings in the community and never charged for helping young Brides.
She was a Charter member of “Just-A- Mere" Garden Club of Sampson County, “Hoe and Grow” Garden Club of Dunn. She was a 4-H leader and Home Demonstration Club leader for twenty- Five years. She studied Interior Design with “Bandy School of Design” at FTCC and earned a certification in Antique Appraisal as well as Ikebana, (The Japanese Art of Flower Design). She later taught Continuing Education classes for FTCC in Floral design in Fayetteville and Erwin.
She owned and operated “Marian’s Backyard Antiques” in Falcon where she designed many beautiful floral arrangements for her friends and customers.
She was a seamstress and designer of cloth. She drew and designed her own house plans as well as helping others design their homes as well. Her hobbies were flower gardening, working in her yard and helping others.
After the death of her husband Allie, she expanded her talents to include land development by selling several large parcels of land. Mrs. Cooper developed and owned the “Quiet Place”, a subdivision in Falcon that is on Allie-Mar Lane, named after her late husband and herself. Marian became a ”Cracker Jack Sales Woman” that any Realtor would love to hire! She was the integral reason that the dirt road #1806” was paved and named “Allie Cooper Road” when she petitioned the planning board of Cumberland County and the DOT.
She is survived by her daughters: Susan C. Coleman and husband Richard, and Sarah C Williams and husband Jay; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; two sisters: Philis J. Cash and Janis J. Shelton.
Funeral Service will be held at Culbreth Memorial P.H. Church in Falcon, NC on Friday, March 20,2020 at 3:00 p.m with Dr. John Hedgepath presiding. The family will receive friends a half an hour prior to the service at the church and at other times at the home. Burial following at Falcon Cemetery.
All arrangements are entrusted to Cromartie-Miller Funeral Home of Dunn. Online condolences may be expressed at www.cromartiemiller.com
