Published: October 11, 2008 06:09 pm            

Mary Dishner Cooper

RICH CREEK, Va. — Mary Dishner Cooper, 94, of Princeton died Friday, October 10, 2008 at the Riverview Nursing Home in Rich Creek, Va. Born May 29, 1914 in Princeton she was the daughter of the late Harrison and Bertha Pritchett Dishner. She was a member of the Princeton Presbyterian Church. Mary worked as a florist for sixty years with Roy Ratliff of Princeton Floral. She had been a resident of Princeton since 1968 moving here from Ripplemead, Va.

In addition to her parents, her husband, Blackstone Cooper; one son, Dan Cooper; three grandchildren, Al Guthrie, Brian Morton and Amanda Woods; and five sisters and two brothers preceded her in death. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.

Survivors include five daughters, Maleta Guthrie of Pearisburg, Rosemary Butler of Princeton, Booty Snavely and husband Bill of Pennington Gap, Va., Elaine Dolinger of Ripplemead, VA, and Lynne Thompson of Princeton; one son, David B. Cooper and wife Judy of Chester, Va.; nine grandchildren; and fourteen great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 12, 2008 at the George W. Seaver Chapel of Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton with the Rev. Shirley Larson officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2:00 p.m. until the service hour on Sunday. Graveside services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 13, 2008 at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Those attending the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home by 9:30 a.m. on Monday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Riverview Nursing Home Alzheimer’s Unit, PO Box 327, Rich Creek, VA 24147 or to the Tender Mercies Food Bank, PO Box 669, Princeton, WV 24740 or to the Dan Cooper Scholarship Fund, Iowa State Horticultural Society, 502 E. 9th St., Wallace Building, Des Moines, IA 50319-0058. Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton is serving the Cooper family. On line condolences may be sent to www.seaverfuneralservice.com.

        

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