Barbara Cooper
Barbara Geneva Cooper Obituary
(Posted 1/8/2010 12:53 pm)
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Barbara Geneva Cooper, 91, of Waco, peacefully slipped from her earthly life to an eternal resting place Saturday, Jan. 2, at Ridgecrest Retirement and Health Care Center. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Wade Funeral Home Chapel in Hubbard with her cousin, the Rev. Milton Woodall, officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery in Hubbard.
Barbara Geneva was born Sept. 18, 1918, the only daughter of Albert James and Mattie Susan (Shull) Cooper in Hubbard. She was raised in Navarro County and graduated from Purdon High School, where she excelled in basketball. After graduating from high school, she attended Tyler Commercial College, successfully completing the required curriculum in business.
A career employee of Magnolia Petroleum Company in Dallas as a keypunch operator, she retired after 30 years of dedicated service. She had the distinction of working in the building with the Flying Red Horse atop the roof. Bowling was her passion and she spent most of those 30 years as a member of the company team. Magnolia Petroleum Company is now known as Exxon-Mobil.
After retiring, "Aunt Geneva" moved to Mexia, where her time was spent entertaining those beloved great-nieces and nephews with her wonderful sense of humor and allowing them do and have whatever they asked for. Her favorite desert to bake was a Milky Way cake.
The late 1970's found her moving to The Regis Retirement Center, where she lived until 1993. Stillwell Retirement Residence became her home until 2009, when she needed additional care.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers Roy and Troy, and beloved sisters-in-law Bertie Loveless Cooper and Cecelia Haverkamp Cooper.
She will be missed by her family, brother, A.J. Cooper Sr. and wife Reba of Waco; brother, Lester Cooper and wife Jacqueline of Midland; sister-in-law, Donna Cooper of Garland; beloved nephews, A.J. (Joe) Cooper,Jr. and wife Margaret of Waco; Roger Cooper and wife Melanie of Rowlett; Dennis Cooper and wife Nancy of Garland; Roy Dan Cooper and wife Jean Ann of Chesapeake, Va.; Eddie Cooper and wife Varie of Lubbock; beloved nieces, Kimberly Wilhelms and husband Steve of Waukesha, Wisc., Jackie Jean Holmes and husband Bill of Burton; nine great- nieces; and nine great-nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.
