MRS. DEAN COOPER
ADA-Services for Wilma Dean Cleghorn Cooper, 85, of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Morris Memorial Baptist Church, Rev. Gary Jamar will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Cooper died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at a local hospital. She was born April 8, 1927 near Ada, Oklahoma to M. F. and Mary Effie Whitaker Cleghorn. She attended Latta schools and graduated from Latta High School. She received a Bachelor's degree from East Central University and also received a Master's in Education from East Central University.
She married Elbern Kenneth Cooper on September 28, 1945. He preceded her in death on March 18, 2010. Mrs. Cooper taught 1st Grade at Latta School, retiring in 1992 after 20 years of service. She was a longtime member of Morris Memorial Baptist Church and a member of the Oklahoma Retired Teachers Association.
Survivors include a daughter, Rebecca (Becky) Myers and her husband Tommy of Ada; a son, Kenneth (Ken) Cooper and wife Barbara of Nacogdoches, TX; four grandchildren, Amanda Hightower and husband Carl, Lauren Bucy and husband Jayson, Samantha Wilbanks and husband Coby and Damon Eisler and wife Sarah; three great grandchildren, KerVon James, Ashlyn Bucy and Cooper Wilbanks.
Bearers will be Carl Hightower, Jayson Bucy, Danny James, Coby Wilbanks, Wayne Cooper, and Ronnie Mitchusson. Honorary bearers will be A. L. Swanson, Afton Duyck, James Abbott, Damon Eisler, Nolan Hester, Phil Shivers and Elmer Gerth.
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Criswell Funeral Home, Ada