Services for Daisy Velma Cooper, 97, Ada, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. David Sutton will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery .
Mrs. Cooper died Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, at a local hospital. She was born Sept. 9, 1913, at Ada to Allen Franklin and Bertha Beatrice Scates George. She lived most of her life in this area and attended Latta schools.
She married Elzie Bryan Cooper Sept. 12, 1931, at Ada. He preceded her in death Feb. 14, 1991. Mrs. Cooper was a homemaker and a gardener.
Survivors include a daughter, Wanda Jenkins and her husband Mark, Paoli; a sister, Willie Marie Bonds, Walnut Creek, Calif; a son-in-law, Don Gatewood, Ada; a daughter-in-law, Mildred Cooper, Ada; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Lucille Gatewood, a son, Dale Cooper, grandson, Rick Gatewood and his wife Debra, granddaughter, Tawnya Gatewood; a great-grandson, Ricky Gatewood, and siblings, Stella Georgia, Jewel Dean Beatrice, Robert Franklin and Gladys Lorene.
Bearers will be Sam Cooper, Toby Cooper, Bryan Abney , Keith Flowers, Wade Hoover and Gary Chaffin.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
