Funeral services for Elsie Cooper were held on September 2 graveside in the Cedar Hill Cemetery. Elsie Cooper passed away on August 27 following a brief illness. She was 81. She was a retired receptionist and member of the Jubilee Revival Church. She was preceded in death by her Robert and Clytie Johnson; her brothers, Stanley Johnson, Norman Johnson, Ronald Johnson, Freddie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Cornell Johnson, John Cleveland Johnson, and her sister Bobbie Johnson.

She is survived by her husband, Willie Cooper; her daughter, Tracie Cooper Young; her sisters, Carolyn Steele of Pearl, MS, Dorothy Jean Whitley of Vicksburg Beverly Johnson of Jackson, MS and Janie Friday of Jackson, MS; two grandchildren, Steven Hemphill and Jeffrey Young; and two great grandchildren, Steven Hemphill and Jaylen Hemphill.