James Murphy Cooper^[1]

1933 - 2003  (69 years)

• Name	James Murphy Cooper
  Born	6 Nov 1933
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Jan 2003	Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Buried	29 Jan 2003	Hopewell Cemetery
  Person ID	I286851	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	John Ira Cooper,   b. 11 Mar 1897, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Jul 1961  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Autie Iowa Sparks,   b. 10 Mar 1895, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jun 1981, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)
  Married	17 Dec 1918	Blount County, Tennessee   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F84325	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Shelby Sparks
  Children	1. Cooper,   d. INFANT   2. John Cooper   3. Jimmy Cooper   4. Sherry Cooper   5. Ginger Cooper   6. Pam Cooper
  Family ID	F111946	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 26 Jan 2003 - Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 23 Apr 2002. Leo Grace Dailey obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 28 Jan 2003. COOPER , JAMES MURPHY, SR. - age 69, of Maryville, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2003, at Blount Memorial Hospital. Preceded in death by parents, John and Autie Cooper , one infant son, granddaughter, Maranda Marie Wilburn, sisters, Leo Grace Cooper Daily, Cleo Gray Cooper Russell and Mary Sue Cooper Hale. Survivors include wife, Shelby Sparks Cooper son and daughter-in-law, John and Melissa Cooper of Maryville son, Jimmy Cooper of Maryville daughters and sons-in-law, Sherry and Michael Wilburn of Maryville, Ginger and Larry Wilburn of Maryville, Pam and Raymond Dorsey of Louisville grandchildren and spouses, Kelly and Johnathan Settlemyre, Amy and Bo Blankenship, Rodney and Charlotte Wilburn, Kayla Wilburn, Jeffrey Dorsey, Brandon Cooper , Corey Cooper and Ami Irwin great-grandchildren, Hunter Webb, Harley Wilburn and Tyler Blankenship sisters, Irma LeQuire of Knoxville, Edith LeQuire of Louisville, Louise Boone of Kingston, Geraldine Waters of Maryville, Unav Pilkington of Maryville and Odell Huffstetler of Maryville, and many special friends, nieces and nephews. Funeral service 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at Miller Funeral Home Magnolia Chapel, Rev. Dale Buchanan and Rev. Rick Sweet officiating. Family and friends will meet at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Hopewell Cemetery for the interment service. The family will receive friends 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Miller Funeral Home, Maryville. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 412-48-8885. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: Ira Cooper Birth Date: 1897 Birthplace: Age: 21 Spouse's Name: Autie Sparks Spouse's Birth Date: 1895 Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: 23 Event Date: 17 Dec 1918 Event Place: Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00313-8 System Origin: Tennessee-EASy GS Film number: 888851 Reference ID: v 16 p 198 [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: Ira Cooper Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 17 Dec 1918 Event Place: Blount, Tennessee, United States Age: Birth Year (Estimated): Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Autie Sparks Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Age: Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: 198 GS Film number: 2073554 Digital Folder Number: 004646463 Image Number: 00548