Louise Stokes

Cooper

Louise Stokes Cooper, 95, of Thomasville, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at The Orchard at Stone Creek in Hahira, GA. A Funeral Service will be held at Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 11:00 am with Rev. Steve Brooks, Rev. Mike Keown, and Dr. Jimmy Clanton officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 10:00 am – 11:00 am in the funeral home Chapel. She will be laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be grandsons Robby Cooper, Chad Cooper, Jeffrey Cooper, Philip Cooper, Dax Cooper, Kyle Cooper, and Curt Cooper. Louise was born on May 13, 1927 in Thomasville, GA, to the late Henry Lemmie Stokes & Foy Daughtery Stokes. She was a graduate of Thomasville High School and worked as a Teacher for Morningside Methodist Day Care. She married Rev. Howard David Cooper on June 8, 1946 in Thomasville, who preceded her in death on December 26, 2014. She served as a loving and respected Pastor's wife in many churches in the surrounding area. She was a member of First Newark Baptist Church. She is survived by; her sons, David A. Cooper of Atlanta, GA, Wendell F. Cooper (Gayle) of Valdosta, GA, Paul J. Cooper (Vicki) of Valdosta, GA, and James H. Cooper (Robin) of Quitman, GA, 15 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, sister, Betty Hicks of Rock Springs, GA, and a number of nieces & nephews. In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by; a son Robert H. "Bobby" Cooper, brothers, Merle Stokes, Lloyd Stokes, Clifton Stokes, Jimmy Stokes, Larry Stokes, and a sister Joyce Baldwin Mott. Special thanks to the staff at The Orchard at Stone Creek in Hahira, GA and Bethany Hospice of Valdosta, GA. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: First Newark Baptist Church Children's Ministry 225 Russell Road, Thomasville, GA 31757.