Lela Mae Cooper, daughter of the late Billie Moore and Alma Eaker Moore, was born on April 6, 1929, in Malden, Missouri, and departed this life on February 7, 2022, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 92 years.

Mrs. Cooper was a former seamstress for the Gossard Plant in Malden, Missouri. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Dexter, Missouri, and a resident of Dexter.

On June 14, 1947, in Bernie, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Rev. Don Cooper. Rev. Cooper preceded her in death on February 21, 2015.

She is survived by two daughters, Judy Corbin of Dexter, Missouri and Gloria Roberts and husband Rick of Ozark, Missouri; by six grandchildren, Kevin Corbin and wife Karen, Tammy Stubblefield and husband Ernie, Deana Brents and husband Kevin, Christi Hubbard and husband Brad, Erick Roberts and wife Shannon, and Alicia Swofford and fiancé Rodney Hill; by fourteen great-grandchildren, Taylor Corbin, Jackson Hubbard, Madissen Asher and husband Logan, Jacquelyn Corbin, Jeb Hubbard, Josh Brents, Grace Roberts, Kason Swofford, Hope Roberts, Teagan Swofford, Ericka Roberts, Jagger Swofford, Rachel Hill, and Paisley Hill; and by four great-great grandchildren, Emmett Corbin, Evelyn Corbin, Caleb Brents, and Evelyn Brents.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Leon Moore and by her son-in-law, Sherrill Corbin.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, February 13, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, February 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Travis Lambert officiating.

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.