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                           OA Online Obituaries.
                                      
                              January 10, 2001
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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                          [INLINE] Ella Mae Cooper
    ODESSA Ella Mae Mayes Cooper, 68, of Odessa passed away Sunday, Jan.
               7, 2001, at her home after a lengthy illness.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, 2001, at Sunset
   Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Johnny Thomason will be officiating. Burial
                   to follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
   She was born March 24, 1932, in Berclair. She came to Odessa in 1937,
      where she attended school. She worked as a seamstress in the dry
      cleaning industry. She married Bill Cooper in 1967 in Monterrey,
                 Mexico. He preceded her in death in 1991.
       She and Bill moved to Fort Worth in 1967, where she worked for
     Glastron Boats as head seamstress. They retired to Odessa in 1988.
    Much of their time was spent traveling throughout the United States
                        visiting family and friends.
    Ella was a great fan of country swing music. She was the biggest fan
    of her husband, who was a bandleader. Her time was spent crocheting
     afghans for family members, and during her recent stay at Medical
        Center Hospital she gave many crocheted gifts to her nurses.
    Ella will be missed by her loved ones and those who had the pleasure
   of knowing her. She was wonderful loving mother who knew her children
    and friends loved her. She is with the angels now and our hearts are
                   empty. We will see her again one day.
   Survivors include a daughter, Linda Johnson of Odessa; a son, Richard
   Medlin of Fallon, Nev.; two stepdaughters, Charolette Cooper Behrendt
     of Odessa and Cathy Cooper Foster of Burleson; a stepson, William
    Thomas Cooper Jr. of Ruidoso, N.M.; grandchildren, Gregg Behrendt of
     Austin, Brad Behrendt of Odessa, Rachel Behrendt of Midland, Josh
    Cooper of Dallas, Jacob Cooper of Ruidoso, Cynthia Foster of Denton,
     and Chad and David Foster of Burleson; great-granddaughters, Kali
    Behrendt of Odessa and Madeleine Behrendt of Austin; an aunt, Linda
   Dennis of Odessa; and nephews, Sam Dennis and wife Mary of Odessa and
                 Kenny Williamson and wife Gail of Lindale.
          Services are entrusted to Sunset Memorial Funeral Home.
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