Submitted by Wendell Stevens.
Mr. William Gerald Cooper, age 70, of Cave Spring, passed away Saturday March 7, 2000. Mr. Cooper was born in Floyd County on
April 20, 1929, son of the late Howard Cooper and Lossie Lee Striplin Cooper. He attended the Oak Hill Church of Christ; a
veteran of the Army and the Marine Corp, having served in the Korean War; and a retired employee of 24 years with the City of
Rome, where he worked in the Water Treatment Plant. He was preceded in death by a brother, Franklin Elbert Cooper. Surviving
are his wife, Mary Jones Cooper of Cave Spring; four daughters, Gwendolyn Anderson of Rome, Sasndra Simms of Roberta, Pat
Hulsey of Rockmart and Debbie McEver of Cave Spring; two sons, Joe Roach of Rome and Otha Roach of Centre, Ala.; three
sisters, Dorothy McCollough of Blairsville, Marian King of Jacksonville, Fla., Jane Fincher of Woodstock; and a brother,
Charles Cooper of Rome; 18 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were
held Tuesday, March 7, in the Oak Hill Church of Christ with ministers David O’Connell, Kenneth Jones and Alvis Miller
officiating. Interment followed in the East View Cemetery with the Shanklin Attaway Post No. 5, of the American Legion in
charge of military graveside rites. Pallbearers included Leonard Fox, Gerald Lindsey, Larry Best and Billy Simms. The Alvis
Miller & Son Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.