Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Cathryn Cooper, age 88, of Gatesville, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at Scott’s Funeral Home with Minister Deral McWhorter officiating. Interment followed at Levita Cemetery.
Cathryn Lavina Cooper was born Feb. 3, 1936, to the late John and Clovie White Cudd in Henrietta. She grew up and attended school in Blum, graduating from Blum High School in 1954. After graduation, she attended Texas Women’s College in Denton. On Dec. 22, 1957, she married the love of her life, J.B. Cooper, in Rio Vista. They lived in Kentucky briefly before making their home in Gatesville. Cathryn was a homemaker, raising three boys and making sure that her family was well cared for. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, camping with family and friends, reading, and spending time with her grandchildren. She was a lifelong member of Live Oak Baptist Church where she sang in the choir and played piano during Sunday School. Cathryn was a simple but humble woman.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 66 years, J.B. Cooper; sons, Larry and David Cooper; brothers, John and Kenneth Cudd; and great-grandson, Daniel Cooper.
Cathryn is survived by her son, Michael Cooper, and wife, Theresa; brother, Lloyd Cudd; “daughters,” Paula Vincent and husband Jay, Vickie Shaeffer and husband, Leslie, Deanna Pauley and husband, Mark; grandchildren, Justin Cooper, Virginia Rhymes, Rachel Anderson, Jacob Cooper, Kinzie Cooper, Trista Suttles, Paige Butcher and husband, Jeff, and April Blancett; and numerous great-grandchildren.
