Mildred Lillian Cooper

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Saturday, January 14, 2012, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rev. Norman Rushing, pastor of Central Baptist Church, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Cooper was born May 6, 1916 in Wilbarger County, Texas. She had been a resident of Pampa since she was twelve years of age, and she was a graduate of Pampa High School. She married J. L. Cooper on July 16, 1935 in Wichita Falls. He preceded her in death in 1990. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. She was a quiet, but strong woman forged by the depression era, who watched her husband go to the Pacific in World War II and raised a family during the expansion of the Panhandle oil field industry. She was a creator of beautiful prize-winning yard floral displays and of colorful, intricate crochet. In her later years, she became an avid Texas Ranger fan and looked forward to every game.SURVIVORS: a son: Bobby Mack Cooper and wife Barbara of Pampa; a daughter: Sandra Lake and husband Ray of Fort Worth; 6 grandchildren: Debbie Amaral and husband Tom of Fallon, Nev., Kathy Mills also of Fallon, Scott Cooper and wife Sandra of Wellington, Lannie Lake of Burleson, Dannie Lake of Amarillo, and Robert Lake and wife Doris of Fort Worth; 21 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren. Mildred was preceded in death by 2 great-grandsons: Michael Lake and Dustin Cooper.