Barbara came to the United States in 1954 and got her citizenship right away. She was a greeter with Wal-Mart.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 11 brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her daughter, Ellen Christine "Chris" Hale Cooper and her husband, Henry "Rocky" Cooper; a granddaughter; two great-grandsons; and two great-granddaughters, all of Rocky Mount, Va. She is also survived by a sister, Christa W. Beckmann, of Templin, Germany; and by a number of nieces, nephews (great and grand) in the United States and Germany.
Her family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the SPCA, 1340 Baldwin Ave. NE, Roanoke, VA 24012.
Funeral Services will be conducted from Lynch Conner-Bowman Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, 2012, with Dr. Jackie Spence officiating. Interment will follow at the Hale Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Lynch Conner- Bowman Funeral Home, 140 Floyd Avenue, Rocky Mount, Va., 540-483-5533, www. lynchconnerbowman.com.
Barbara came to the United States in 1954 and got her citizenship right away. She was a greeter with Wal-Mart.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by 11 brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her daughter, Ellen Christine "Chris" Hale Cooper and her husband, Henry "Rocky" Cooper; a granddaughter; two great-grandsons; and two great-granddaughters, all of Rocky Mount, Va. She is also survived by a sister, Christa W. Beckmann, of Templin, Germany; and by a number of nieces, nephews (great and grand) in the United States and Germany.
Her family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the SPCA, 1340 Baldwin Ave. NE, Roanoke, VA 24012.
Funeral Services will be conducted from Lynch Conner-Bowman Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, 2012, with Dr. Jackie Spence officiating. Interment will follow at the Hale Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Lynch Conner- Bowman Funeral Home, 140 Floyd Avenue, Rocky Mount, Va., 540-483-5533, www. lynchconnerbowman.com.
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