Laverta “Leah” Cooper Stanford, daughter of the late Floyd V. Cooper and Cleo Bornemann Cooper was born on February 27, 1949 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on February 7, 2018 at her residence in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 68 years.

She was a former Social Worker with CASA and Americorp in Memphis, Tennessee.  She moved to Cape Girardeau in 2008 where she attended the Mt. Auburn Christian Church.

Survivors include: two daughters, Terri Stanford  May and Emmanuel of Paragould, Arkansas and Jennifer Stanford of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; by one brother, Edsel Cooper of Bloomfield, Missouri; by two sisters, Carolyn Kinder of Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Charlene Viets of Henderson, Kentucky; by seven grandchildren, Bobby Staggs, Coty Stanford, Brittany Staggs, Meagan Staggs, Brooklynn May, Cheyenne Staggs and Jonathan May; by one great-grandson, Mason Carmack: by several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, February 10, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. 

Funeral service will be conducted on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 2:00 PM in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Gary Cooper officiating. 

Interment will follow at the Oak Ridge Cemetery.