Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late James Montalbano and Lena Wise Montalbano Watson. Mrs. Cooper was a lifelong member of Grace Baptist Church and was a very active member of the Joy Sunday School Class. She was a graduate of the Sumter Girls High School and retired from Sears Roebuck. She was also a member of the Sumter Iris Garden Club.
Surviving are a son, Ransom Cooper Jr. (Sibyl) of Lexington; a daughter, Patricia Cooper Dase of Greenville; five grandchildren, Jason Cooper, Rachel Cooper, Joel Cooper, Bryan Dase (Shay) and Greg Dase; eight great-grandchildren, Shelby and Camden Cooper, Layla, Hunter, Tyler, Alyssa and Mallory Dase and Anna Reese Rankin; four step-grandchildren, John Katsos (Cricket), Charlotte Robinson (Tommy), Scott Katsos (Leigh) and Christina Reynolds; and eight step-great-grandchildren, Emily, Samantha and Michael Katsos, Frankie, Michael, Preston and Ashley Sansone and Justine Torrence.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, James Montalbano and William Montalbano; and a sister, Frances Owens.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Shumake officiating. Burial will be at Sumter Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 140 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 210, Columbia, SC 29210.
Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.
Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late James Montalbano and Lena Wise Montalbano Watson. Mrs. Cooper was a lifelong member of Grace Baptist Church and was a very active member of the Joy Sunday School Class. She was a graduate of the Sumter Girls High School and retired from Sears Roebuck. She was also a member of the Sumter Iris Garden Club.
Surviving are a son, Ransom Cooper Jr. (Sibyl) of Lexington; a daughter, Patricia Cooper Dase of Greenville; five grandchildren, Jason Cooper, Rachel Cooper, Joel Cooper, Bryan Dase (Shay) and Greg Dase; eight great-grandchildren, Shelby and Camden Cooper, Layla, Hunter, Tyler, Alyssa and Mallory Dase and Anna Reese Rankin; four step-grandchildren, John Katsos (Cricket), Charlotte Robinson (Tommy), Scott Katsos (Leigh) and Christina Reynolds; and eight step-great-grandchildren, Emily, Samantha and Michael Katsos, Frankie, Michael, Preston and Ashley Sansone and Justine Torrence.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, James Montalbano and William Montalbano; and a sister, Frances Owens.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Shumake officiating. Burial will be at Sumter Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 140 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 210, Columbia, SC 29210.
Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.
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