Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cooper, Willie January 26, 1972 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Renfrow dianel14@gmail.com January 27, 2019, 5:29 am Norfolk Journal and Guide, Feb 5,1972 Norfolk - Willie Cooper of 7400 Sewells Point road died in a hospital after a short illness. A native of Plymouth, NC, he was the husband of Mrs. Mabel Cooper and a son of the late Willie and Mrs. Clementine Cooper. He retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 23 years and was a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. Besides his widow, surviving are five sons, Tony Cooper of Norfolk, Charles Cooper and Ralph Cooper of Washington, Lafayette Cooper of New York, and Eugene Cooper of Newark, NJ; five daughters, Mrs. Ruth Elliott and Mrs. Elizabeth Grier of Norfolk and Mrs. Doris Hokett, Mrs. Rose Murphy, and Mrs. Barbara Matthews of Washington; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Griffin of Brooklyn; 27 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Graves Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: Calvary Cemetery Cooper, Willie I21211 Section Elm, Block B, Space 119, 01/30/1972 IM File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/c/cooper15742gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb