Notes for Billy Cooper: Obituary: Gazette Democrat and the Anna talk. Published in Anna Illinois (Union Co.) February 1961.
Anna, IL., (Special)- Billy Cooper, age 79, of Anna, died Friday night at his home in Crowell Heights, north of Anna. He is survived by his wife Bertha cooper; three daughters, Mrs. Bessie Russell, Mrs. Sadie Pitts and Mrs. Edith Pitts, all of Anna; a sister, Mrs. Florence Mears of Woodbury TN.; a step daughter, Mrs. Wanda Sivia of Anna; 9 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Crain Norris Funeral Home where funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. William Lirely of Goreville, assisted by Rev. Bennie Jones, pastor of the United Pentecostal church. Interment will be in the Anna Cemetery.
1910 Census Record, April 15, 1910: Union Co. IL., Anna Precinct, ED 124, sheet 8b, Household 137 Head of houshold: William M. Cooper, farmer, age 28, born in TN. Parents: Father born in Mo. Mother born on TN. Wife: Willie (Thomas Cooper) age 26, born in IL. Both parents born in TN. Son: Clessie, age 8, born in IL. (Cless was Willie's son from a previous reationship.) Daughter: Bessie, age, 6, born in IL. Daughter: Dee (Sadie), age 4, born in IL. Daughter: Edith, age 9 months, born in IL.
Children of Billy Cooper and Willie Mary Thomas are:
+Edith Cooper, b. June 18, 1909, d. April 17, 1997.
+Sadie Cooper, b. February 03, 1907, Union Co. Il., d. July 03, 2000, Union Co. Il..
Edith Cooper, b. July 18, 1909, Union Co. Il., d. April 17, 1997, Union Co. Il..
Billy Cooper (d. February 03, 1961)
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