On Thursday, November 7, 2019, Billie Ann Cooper, a loving member of our family , passed away at the age of 92 years.

Billie was born October 25, 1927 in Fredericktown, Missouri to William and Sarah (Sally) Matthews Cooper. She graduated from Fredericktown High School in 1944. She later attended the University of Colorado in Denver where she studied Business, Business Law and other subjects related to her love for poetry. She lived and worked in Colorado for the next 23 years and moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1978 and remained in the Phoenix area until her death.

Billie has been a member of the Church of God, Faith of Abraham for most of her life. She worked as a church pianist, taught classes and served on the financial board.

Billie was preceded in death by her father William and her mother, Sally as well as brothers Opal, Ormin and Chlorus Cooper and sister Sibyl Holshouser.

Billie is survived by a niece Judith Huster of St. Charles, Missouri and two nephews C. Donald Cooper of Austin, TX and Robert S. Cooper of Brighton, MI and Mesa, AZ