Vergie Cooper

Published 9:03 am Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Vergie Eloise McDonald Cooper, age 91, died on Monday, May 25, 2015, at Hospice House in Slidell.

She was a woman of divine faith and member of the White Sand Apostolic Church. She will forever be cherished as a loving mother, grandmother and aunt.

She was preceded in death by her husband, J.W. Cooper; her parents, Charlie Corbitt McDonald and Leona Jones McDonald; two brothers, Bill and Wilson McDonald; and one sister, Helen Jones Henton.

She is survived by one son, Joseph Cooper, and his wife, Kathy; two granddaughters, Amanda and Ashley Cooper; one sister-in-law, Mamie Thomas McDonald, all of Bogalusa; four nieces, Sandra Whiteknact, Ronda Jones, Dianne Muchow and Deborah Rodish; two nephews, Edward and Dale McDonald; and many grandnieces and grandnephews.

Visitation will be held in the chapel of Brown-McGehee Funeral Home on Thursday, May 28, 2015, from 9 a.m. until time for services in the chapel at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Ponemah Cemetery. The Rev. Raymond Rester will officiate.

Family and friends may view and sign the online guestbook at www.brownmcgehee.com.