Extracted from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Sunday, November 15, 1987

COOPER, MARY CHARLINE MILLER

Died 8:40 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, 1987, at her residence in Gonzales. She was 70, and a native of Carlisle, Ark. She was a past employee of Louisiana Elections & Registration Office.

Visiting at Ourso Funeral Home, Gonzales, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Religious services at First Baptist Church, Gonzales, 2 p.m. Sunday, conducted by Dr. Connie Ward. Burial in Hope Haven Cemetery, Gonzales.

Survived by two daughters, Mrs. Terry (Charline Cooper) Templet, Baton Rouge, and Mary Gail Cooper Williams, St. Amant; two sons, Richard Orin Cooper, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Donald Ray Cooper, St. Amant; a daughter-in-law, Wendy Ronkartz Cooper, St. Amant; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Preceded in death by husband, George Morgan Cooper; parents, William and Susie Frazier Miller; a son, Ronald Morgan Cooper; a sister, Opal Miller Nelson; and two brothers, Willard Orin Miller and Earl Ray Miller.

Pallbearers will be Charles and Kenneth Nelson, Murray Frost, Ralph Long, Ronald Cooper and Terry Templet. She was a member of Eastern Star, First Baptist Church, WMU, and Senior Citizens Choir. She was past executive secretary of Louisiana Elections & Registration.