Mary Louise Cooper

Mary Louise Cooper, 88 of Paragould died Sunday at Belle Meade Nursing and Rehab. She was retired from Ed White, Jr. Shoe Factory and a member of 7th & Mueller Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Thomas “Big John”Cooper; parents, Walter Wesley and Kathleen Gardner Penny; sisters, Iris Dorsett and Margaret Oswald; grandson Richard David Morgan. Survivors include son, Thomas Harlan Cooper of Paragould; daughters and son-in-law, Ramona Becker , Sharon and James Dunkin, Mary Lou Ragsdell (who was raised as a daughter) all of Paragould; brother, Walter “Laddie: Penny of Michigan; grandchildren, Glen Raymond Morgan, Debbie Jones, Keith Morgan, Greg and Ann Morgan; great grandchildren, Stephanie and Jeremiah Jones, James Morgan, Joey and Amy Morgan, Blake and Hannah Morgan, Gretchen Ethridge, Grant and Gracie Ragsdell; great great grandchildren, Clayton, Paige, Hunter and Jalynn Morgan, Tiffany Freytag and Lukas Jones and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 6-8 at Heath Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Heath Colonial Chapel with Larry McFadden and Michael Cox officiating. Burial will follow in Liberty Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Tom Wray, John Miller, Joseph King, James Morgan, Joey Morgan and Blake Morgan. Memorials may be sent to the Children’s Home of Paragould or 7th & Mueller Compassion Outreach.