July 2, 1997

CORA SHEARER

Cora Isabelle Copeman Shearer, 69, 1256 Linden, died Tuesday, July 1, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 28, 1927, in Genesce County, Mich., daughter of Carl Franklin and Zelma Anna Pauline Burnham Covert. She and John Floyd Shearer were married Feb. 21, 1972, in Mississippi. He died in August 1995...

Cora Isabelle Copeman Shearer, 69, 1256 Linden, died Tuesday, July 1, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center.

She was born Nov. 28, 1927, in Genesce County, Mich., daughter of Carl Franklin and Zelma Anna Pauline Burnham Covert. She and John Floyd Shearer were married Feb. 21, 1972, in Mississippi. He died in August 1995.

Shearer moved to Missouri in 1957, to Brandon, Miss., in 1975, and returned to Missouri in 1997. She was a member of Rock Hill Baptist Church in Brandon.

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Survivors include a son, Carl Copeman of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Paula Pierce of Cape Girardeau; a stepson, Devlin Shearer of Vicksburg, Miss.; two stepdaughters, Denise Shearer of Ridgeland, Miss., Diane Hooper of Alvin, Texas; a sister, Nettie Holtslander of Linden, Mich.; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a stepdaughter and a brother.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel after 6 p.m. Thursday.

Memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the chapel, with the Rev. Cy Smith officiating.

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