Clara Mae Cooper, daughter of the late Arlie William McFarlin and Mary Magdalene Owens McFarlin was born in Campbell, Missouri on December 1, 1933 and departed this life in Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on July 26, 2015 at the age of 81.

Mrs. Cooper had worked at Brown Shoe Company in Bernie for 32 years.  She was a member of Bernie Church of Christ and a resident of Bernie.

She was united in marriage to Travis Dale Cooper in Piggott, Arkansas on January 12, 1952.  Mr. Cooper remains in their home in Bernie.

Other survivors include one son, Randall Keith Cooper of Dexter, Missouri; by one daughter, Sherry Lynn Barnes of Bernie, Missouri; by two grandchildren, Travis Andrew Randall Cooper and Christopher Allen Barnes; also by other relatives and friends. 

She was preceded in death, other than by her parents, by one son, Ronald Dale Cooper on September 10, 2014.  Also by one brother and one sister.

Graveside services will be conducted in Bernie Cemetery on Thursday, July 30, 2015 starting at 11:00 A.M.  Interment will follow.  Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.