Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cooper, Willard F., 1936 

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WILLARD FRANK COOPER 

   Willard Frank Cooper, son of Mrs. Virginia Cooper of this town, died last 
night at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, following only a few days illness.  Mr. 
Cooper who was in his 39th* year, was a native of Franklin where he had spent 
most of his life, moving to Portsmouth two years ago.  He was a member of the 
Franklin Christian Church, and of the Pythian order, and was a quiet 
unassuming character, a young man of good principles, one who numbered many 
friends here.

   He is survived by his mother; his wife, who was before her marriage Miss 
Annie Beale, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.R. Beale of the Courtland 
community; one brother Linwood Cooper, and three sisters, Mrs. Ezra F. Gray, 
Mrs. L.E. Bassett and Mrs. J.L. Gillett, all of Franklin.

   Funeral services will be held from the home of his sister, Mrs. Ezra F. 
Gray, in Clay Street tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 3 o'clock conducted by 
his Pastor, Dr. Elwood W. Jones.  Interment will be made in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery.

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WILLARD FRANK COOPER 

   Funeral services for Willard F. Cooper who died Thursday night, October 8, 
at Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, were held Saturday afternoon from the residence 
of his sister, Mrs. Ezra F. Gray, in Clay Street, conducted by his Pastor, Dr. 
Elwood Jones, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson.

   Special music was furnished by a quartet, Dr. Elwood Jones, Dr. Darden 
Jones, E.P. Jones and Robert Vaughan, and by other members of the choir of the 
Franklin Christian Church.  Active pallbearers were staff members of the Home 
Beneficial Association of Portsmouth, of which Mr. Cooper was assistant 
superintendent; E. Whitley, J.C. Starboard, T.T. Skinner, J.C. Kirkland, G.C. 
Smith, W.H. Kirkland, R.J. Fowler and J.E. Davis.  Interment was made in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Out-of-town relatives and friends attending were: Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Schmus, 
Mr. and Mrs. Geno Beale, Mrs. Edward Porter, Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Vick, Mr. and 
Mrs. Emmett Griffin and Percy Gillette of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Beaton, 
Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Futrelle, Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Gomer, Mrs. W.F. Outten, Miss 
Cora Brewer and Miss Marjorie Gomer of Portsmouth; Mrs. John Morgan, Mr. and 
Mrs. Doc Tyler, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Panton, Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Williams and Mr. 
and Mrs. R.L. Bailey of Suffolk.


Willard Frank COOPER, of Portsmouth, 
Franklin native, d. 8 Oct 1936, Suffolk, age ca. 37*, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 30A; unmarked*), Franklin, 
   10 Oct 1936, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 9, 1936, p. 5; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 16, 1936, p. 8 

*The cemetery list, citing his WW-I draft registration, gives b. 5 Dec 1898, 
   so d. age 37. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

His widow Annie 2m. Joseph L. GILLETTE, III- widower of Willard's sister 
   Virginia.  They are buried in Section 2, Plot 71B.  Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Annie's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 15, 1969, p. 9) is posted at:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430a1ob.txt 

Virginia's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 6, 1948, p. 15) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g430m3ob.txt 


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