Vesta Cooper
NAME: Vesta CooperADDRESS: Matador
AGE: 84
BORN: March 28, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH: Clay County
PLACES OF RESIDENCE:
DIED: Feb. 1, 1997
MARRIED: Virgil Cooper
DATE OF MARRIAGE: May 29, 1927
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Roaring Springs
OCCUPATION: Homemaker
PARENTS:
MEMBER: Baptist
SERVICES: 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Matador
OFFICIATING: Rev. Rickey Lawrence & Rev. Felton Gilmore
BURIAL: East Mound Cemetery
SURVIVORS: sons, James, Melvin, Calvin and Chester; daughters, Vernell Hanna and Martha Shacklett, and Norma Stoneman; a brother, Clyde Ray; a sister, Nellie Webb; 20 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren
PRECEDING IN DEATH:
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ARRANGEMENTS: Seigler Funeral Home
COMMENTS: She moved to Motley County as a child. She lived in Whiteflat Community for several years before moving to Matador in 1976
SOURCE: Lubbock Avalanche Journal