She was born on November 4, 1909, in Danville, Arkansas, to the late John and Vergie Herring Lewis.
She obtained her Bachelor's of Science degree in Music with a minor in English from Ouachita Baptist University and was a school teacher for the Danville Public Schools and Hughes Public Schools. She was a very successful sales person for Hoover Corporation, where she kept the stock boys so busy they called her "Ms. Hoover." She then worked for Dillard's for 40 years, where she was very successful and well-known. She was a member of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 23 years, Walter M. Cooper; daughter, Nancy Wood; brother, Odell Lewis; three sisters, Maude Wilson, Maize George, and Irene Lewis.
She is survived by her daughter, Fran Cooper; three grandchildren, Walter M. Wood of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Lewis Wood of California, and Margaret Wood of Tennessee; one great grandchild, George Spiro of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Graveside service were at Earl Ladd Cemetery in Danville, Arkansas.
She was born on November 4, 1909, in Danville, Arkansas, to the late John and Vergie Herring Lewis.
She obtained her Bachelor's of Science degree in Music with a minor in English from Ouachita Baptist University and was a school teacher for the Danville Public Schools and Hughes Public Schools. She was a very successful sales person for Hoover Corporation, where she kept the stock boys so busy they called her "Ms. Hoover." She then worked for Dillard's for 40 years, where she was very successful and well-known. She was a member of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband of 23 years, Walter M. Cooper; daughter, Nancy Wood; brother, Odell Lewis; three sisters, Maude Wilson, Maize George, and Irene Lewis.
She is survived by her daughter, Fran Cooper; three grandchildren, Walter M. Wood of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Lewis Wood of California, and Margaret Wood of Tennessee; one great grandchild, George Spiro of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Graveside service were at Earl Ladd Cemetery in Danville, Arkansas.
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