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     Her Social Security Number was 223-04-9867.³ Willie Beulah Slone was buried at Benjamin Wade Cooper Family Cemetery, Rt. 806, 0.4 miles from Rt. 640, Six Mile Post Road, Callaway, Franklin Co., Virginia.⁴ She was born on September 22, 1920 at Roanoke, Virginia.^2,3,4 As of August 8, 1936,her married name was Cooper.¹ She married William Eldridge Cooper, son of William Jackson Cooper and Pearlie Maude Martin, on August 8, 1936 at Ferrum, Franklin Co., Virginia.^1,4 Willie Beulah Slone died on February 14, 2007 at Martinsville, Virginia, at age 86.^3,5,4 She The funeral for Willie B. Cooper, 86, of Stanleytown, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Bassett Funeral Services South Chapel. The Rev. Doby Salmons will officiate and burial will be in the Cooper family cemetery at Calloway. She died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, at Memorial Hospital in Martinsville. The family will receive friends for an hour before the service at the funeral home. She was born in Roanoke on Sept. 22, 1920, to Walter Sloan and Martha Ellen Willis Sloan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Eldridge Cooper; a brother, Jimedd Sloan; and four sisters, Belva Adkins, Mildred Lockett, Alma Sloan and Ester Goodman. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church at Bassett. Surviving are two sons, Bobby Cooper and Jimmy Cooper Sr., both of Bassett; four daughters, Lois Cornett of Bassett, Judy Cooper of Koehler, Sandra Doss of High Point, N.C. and Tammy Ashburn of New Richmond, Ohio; one sister, Ethel Carter of Collinsville; 16 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and nine step-great-grandchildren. on February 15, 2007.⁴

     William Bobby Cooper was buried at Roselawn Burial Park, 103 Clearview Drive, Martinsville, Virginia.^2,3 He was born on August 2, 1937 at Henry Co., Virginia.^8,2,3,5,6 He married Lena Lucille English on April 4, 1958 at Bassett, Henry Co., Virginia.⁵ William Bobby Cooper and Lena Lucille English were divorced on August 4, 1977 at Henry Co., Virginia.⁶ William Bobby Cooper married Elizabeth Ann Scott on August 6, 1977 at Henry Co., Virginia.⁵ William Bobby Cooper and Elizabeth Ann Scott were divorced on June 14, 1990 at Henry Co., Virginia.⁶ William Bobby Cooper married Norma Jean McCloy on April 17, 1992 at Henry Co., Virginia.⁵ William Bobby Cooper died on November 29, 2010 at Martinsville, Virginia, at age 73.^8,2,3,4 He William Bobby Cooper, 73, of 679 Starmont Drive, Stanleytown, died Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at Memorial Hospital in Martinsville. He was born Aug. 2, 1937, in Henry County to Eldridge and Willie Sloan Cooper. He was preceded in death by his parents. He graduated from Bassett High School and retired from Bassett Furniture Industries after 40 years of service. He also worked at ACE Hardware for five years. Cooper was a member of Fort Trial Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Norma J. Cooper of the home; two daughters, Cindy Gilbert of Collinsville and Ashley Cooper of Martinsville; a stepdaughter, Melissa Biggs of Martinsville; a stepson, David McCloy of Martinsville; four sisters, Lois Cornett of Bassett, Judy Cooper of Martinsville, Sandra Doss of High Point, N.C., and Tammy Siger of Rock Hill, S.C; a brother, Jimmy Cooper of Martinsville; one grandchild; and six stepgrandchildren. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Collins-McKee-Stone Funeral Home in Bassett with Pastor Joey McNeill and the Rev. Jimmy Wood officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Burial Park. on November 29, 2010.²