Mrs. Mildred Estelle Cooper, age 87, of Summerville, GA, died Monday, January 25, 2016, at her residence.

Mrs. Cooper was born March 8, 1928, in Jamestown, AL, daughter of the late James Luther "Jim" and Julie Ann Dearing Tucker.  She was a homemaker and a member of the Chelsea Baptist Church.  She raised five children whom she loved dearly.  Mrs. Cooper was an avid gardener, seamstress, and cook, and she was a frequent visitor of Trade Day.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Johnny Mack Cooper; brothers, Lewis Tucker, Bobbie Purcell, and Walter Tucker; and a sister, Ruth Lemming.

Mrs. Cooper is survived by her husband of almost 70 years, Paul Mack Cooper; sons, James David Cooper and Paul A. Cooper; daughters, JoAnn Stowe and Nancy Tapp; brothers, Tom Tucker and Jackie Tucker; sisters, Annie Mae Jennings, Mary Jo Guffey, and Glenda Gass; 9 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mrs. Cooper will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 28, 2016, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Terry Shores and Rev. Mike Odom officiating.  Interment will follow in the West Hill Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Don Lemming, Willie Elmer Tapp, Benjamin Martinez, Frank Lemming, Jamey Cooper, Tracy Barksdale, and Dwayne Hampton.  Honorary pallbearers will be the Staff of Hearth Hospice, the Women's Sunday School Class of Chelsea Baptist Church, Prime Care C.N.A.'s Tracy and Mary, and Joe Lemming.

Mrs. Cooper will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

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