Rebecca Sue Cooper

Rebecca Sue Wilkerson Cooper, age 87 went home to be with her Heavenly Father Saturday, September 4, 2010. She died suddenly and peacefully surrounded by her loving family, in Kennewick, Wash.
She was born April 25, 1923 in Calloway County and graduated from Lynn Grove High School in the class of 1942. Like many other young persons upon graduation she went to Detroit, Mich., to work in the defense plants to help in the war effort. In 1945 she married Fred Cooper when he returned from serving in combat in the European Theater of World War II. They continued to live in or near Berkley, Mich. She was a Supervisor with Sanders Candy Co. until her retirement. She enjoyed motor tours across the United States and especially Branson, Missouri and similar points of interest. She was a Baptist and loved gospel music. She kept abreast of the times through her daily newspapers and television programs.
In 2007 she moved to Hawthorne Court, a retirement community in Kennewick, Wash., to be near her daughter and family. She was able to maintain her own apartment and live independently, which was of utmost importance to her.
She was preceded in death by her husband Fred Cooper; her parents, Tom and Jewel Wilkerson; brother Lynn Wilkerson; and grand daughter Susan Elaine Woehler.
Survivors include her daughter Marilyn Sue Woehler and husband David of Kennewick Wash.; two grandsons Fred Woehler, of Spokane, Wash., and Gregory Woehler and wife Kerri of Mt. Vernon, Wash.; and one great-granddaughter Sydney Woehler; brother Hugh Wilkerson of Arlington, Texas; two sisters Iva Nel Miller of Royal Oak, Mich., Linda Fay Clark and husband Ray of Murray; one sister-in-law Ozell Wilkerson of Owasso, Okla.; and several nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends.
Visitation will be at the J. H. Churchill Funeral Home Thursday evening, September 9 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., with funeral services Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of the funeral home, Rev. Boyd Smith will officiate, and burial will follow in the Sinking Spring cemetery.
Online condolences can be left at www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.com`