Jimmy Cooper, son of the late M.L. Cooper and Lula Moore Cooper was born on March 7, 1936 at Bernie and departed this life in the SoutheastHEALTH of Cape Girardeau on October 31, 2015 at the age of 79.

Mr. Cooper was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Dexter, a veteran of the United States Army serving during the Korean War, a former employee of the Brown Shoe Company in Bernie, the former Vice-President of manufacturing for Wolverine Boots in Aurora, Missouri , a member of the Bernie Masonic Lodge and a resident of Bernie.

He is survived by two sons, David Lee Cooper of West Des Moines, Iowa and Tony Lynn Cooper of Payson, Arizona: by three brothers, Gene Cooper of Spanaway, Washington, Kenneth Cooper of Dexter and Jackie Cooper of St. Louis: by one sister, JoAnn Bowman of Bernie: by four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Marcus Cooper and Steve Cooper.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P. M., Sunday, November 1, 2015.

A Masonic Service will be conducted at 7:00 P.M., Sunday evening.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Monday, November 2, 2015 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating.

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield with Full Military Honors.