Anna F. Cooper

Anna Fred Cooper, age 81 of Ripley, Ohio was called by our Lord to her heavenly home on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at the Ohio Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near Ripley, Ohio. She was a homemaker and a babysitter for several years and her kids lovingly called her Mommy Ann. Mrs. Cooper was also a longtime member of the Ripley Church of Christ, where her smiling face will be missed. She always sat in the first pew where her pillow still resides. Mrs. Cooper was born on January 12, 1930 in Mason County, Kentucky the daughter of the late George and Katie (Green) Watson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband - Bernard Cooper, whom she married April 18, 1951 in Maysville, Kentucky; one daughter - Judy Cooper; one sister - Georgie Maxey Walker and four brothers - Edward, David, Henry, and Robert Watson.

Mrs. Cooper is survived by two daughters - Katherine Gast and husband Gene of Ripley, Ohio and Laura White and husband David of Ripley, Ohio; five grandchildren - Ty Gast of Pasadena, Maryland, Stacy Chauncey of Live Oak, Florida, Ryan Gast of Seaman, Ohio, Nicole and Sarah White of Ripley, Ohio; several great grandchildren who will miss her love and generosity and one dear family friend - Terry Kemmeter of Ripley, Ohio.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, September 18, 2011 at the Cahall Funeral Home in Ripley, Ohio. Rev. John Neu will officiate. Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Hiett's Chapel Cemetery near Ripley, Ohio.

If desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Hiett's Chapel Cemetery, P.O. Box 19, Ripley, Ohio 45167 or the Ripley Church of Christ, 105 North Third street, Ripley, Ohio 45167.

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