November 19, 2004

Imo Cooper

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Imo E. Cooper, 84, of East Prairie died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 16, 1920, in Supply, Ark., daughter of James P. and Mary P. Hilliard Powell. She and J.B. Cooper were married Sept. 3, 1937...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Imo E. Cooper, 84, of East Prairie died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at East Prairie Nursing Center.

She was born Feb. 16, 1920, in Supply, Ark., daughter of James P. and Mary P. Hilliard Powell. She and J.B. Cooper were married Sept. 3, 1937.

Cooper was a member of First Church of God.

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Survivors include her husband; a son, Larry Cooper; a brother, Jimmie Poor of Sikeston, Mo.; four sisters, Flo Welch of House Springs, Mo., Ruby Poor of East Prairie, Letrice Ornoff of Jackson, Gayle Nelson of Riverview, Mo.; two grandchildren; a stepgrandchild; three great-grandchildren; and three great-stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by five brothers.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Mike Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery.

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