2/9/2019

Mrs. Mary Ruth Brown Cooper died Saturday evening at Marshall Pines Assisted Living in Evans,Georgia.  Mrs. Cooper was born in Emanuel County,  daughter of the late Harley Daniel Brown and Ruth Beasley Brown. Mrs. Cooper was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Billy Cooper, and her siblings.    She was a graduate of Swainsboro High School and had attended  Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton, Georgia.  She  and her husband Billy owned and operated Cooper Machine Company for many years.  Mary Ruth was a member of Wadley Baptist Church. In July 1942, Mary Ruth won the honor of representing Georgia's 4-H in the American Youth Leadership Training Camp held at Camp Shelby, Michigan and in 2015 she was the recipient of the Distinguished 4-H Alumni Award in the 4-H Hall of Fame.

Funeral services for Mrs. Cooper will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. from the Wadley Baptist Church with Reverend Tom Harrison  and Reverend Gene McCoy officiating.  Interment will follow in the Wadley Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be: Mark Workman, Matthew McKamey, David Cooper, Daniel Cooper, Andrew Cooper, and Jeremiah Byrd.  The Family will receive friends Tuesday evening at Wadley Baptist Church between the hours of 6-8 P.M.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wadley Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society in memory of Mary Ruth.

Survivors include--  2 sons-- William Brown Cooper(Beth),  Wadley,GA

Robert Marlow Cooper(Jean), Bartow,GA

Grandchildren-- Anna Workman(Mark),  David Cooper(Jessica),

Betsy McKamey(Matthew),  Frances Byrd(Jeremiah)

Andrew Cooper(Carrie Ann), Daniel Cooper(Christina)

Greatgrandchildren-- Katelyn and Will Workman,  Penn, Charlotte, and Tyson Cooper

Rhett Cooper

Arrangements are by Tomlinson Funeral Home and Crematory of Swainsboro.