Obituaries:  Mr. Autrey Isria Cooper, Sabine Parish       C-160
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 5, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mr. Autrey Isria Cooper

  Mr. Autrey Isria Cooper, 85, of the Carolinas, died at his home,
Tuesday, Nov., 27, 2001. He was born March 3, 1916, in Bethsadia,
a small community near Many. As a World War II veteran, he served
his country during the occupation of Japan, as a member of the
1190th Combat Engineer Battalion.

  Mr. Cooper received the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the
World War II Victory Medal. He was a member of the Many Masonic
Lodge #411. He had resided in the Carolinas for the past 16
years.

  Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, in
Cooper Funeral Home Chapel in Dillon, S. C., with burial
following at Greenlawn Cemetery in Dillon, S. C.

  Survivors include his widow of 46 years, Mrs. Bertha Elva
Wedgeworth Cooper, formerly of Fort Jesup; children, Bennie James
Cooper of Keithville, Elsie Mary McGraw of Keithville, Janice
Carolyn Brown of Hornbeck, Patsy Clara Sandel of Fayetteville, N.
C., Brenda Gail Brewster of Fredericksburg, Va., Audrey Dianne
Clarson of Chesapeake, Va., and Kathy Jane Cooper of Linden. N.
C.; sister, Marie Oxley of Bossier City; 14 grandchildren; six
great grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends.

  Cooper Funeral Home, Fayetteville, N. C.