Joel M. Cooper Family

Lawrence Martin Cooper was born on January 22, 1832 in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.  He moved to Mississippi and in 1866, he married Emily Wooly who was born in 1841 in Mississippi.

Photograph courtesy of ancestry.com member, donnahporter

Lawrence Martin Cooper died on February 25, 1928 and Emily Wooly Cooper died in 1923.  Both are buried in the Society Hill Cemetery in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photographs are courtesy of Natalie Maynor at FindAGrave.com)

Two of the children born to this marriage made their homes in Sicily Island.  One of the two was John Griffin Cooper.  The other was Joel M. Cooper.

LtoR:  John Griffin Cooper, Lawrence Martin Cooper, Joel M. Cooper (photograph courtesy of Derene Seal a direct descendant of Lawrence and Joel Cooper)

Joel M. Cooper was born on December 10, 1869 in south Louisiana.  He married Minerva Alafair Robbins on November 10, 1888 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.  Alafair was born in Marion County, Mississippi on January 13, 1874 to Absalom and Nancy Jane Polk Robbins.

Joel M. Cooper died on May 3, 1958 and Minerva Alafair Robbins Cooper died on May 25, 1941.  Both are buried in the Society Hill Cemetery in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photographs are courtesy of Lawanna Barnett at FindAGrave.com)

The following children were born to the marriage of Joel and Alafair Cooper:

Annie Bell, 1889-1973 (m. William Robert E. Lee McCullough, 1880-1963)

Clara Pauline, 1889-1934; Buried in the Society Hill Cemetery in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photographs are courtesy of Lawanna Barnett at FindAGrave.com)

Myrtle, 1859-1901; Buried in the Society Hill Cemetery in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photographs are courtesy of Lawanna Barnett at FindAGrave.com) 

Martha Elizabeth "Lizzie", 1898-1972 (m. Roy Lavester Speights, 1893-1951); Both are buried in the New Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photograph is courtesy of Karen Klemm Pinckard at FindAGrave.com)

Thomas Edwin, 1900-1976 (m. 1. Julia Louvenia "Lula" Barron, 1895-1940; 2. Katie D, 1906-1985); All three are buried in the Harrisonburg Cemetery in Harrisonburg.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photographs are courtesy of Karen Klemm Pinckard at FindAGrave.com)

Addie Mae, 1902-1981 (m. Walon Marcus Seal, 1899-1958); Both are buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.

Mary Vera, 1904-1972 (m. Edwin Oscar Smith, 1897-1976); Both are buried in the Old Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.

Oscar Ray, 1907-1967

Hezzie, 1909-1952; Buried in the New Pine Hill Cemetery in Sicily Island.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photograph is courtesy of Karen Klemm Pinckard at FindAGrave.com)

Hettie Pearl, 1913-1915; Buried in the Society Hill Cemetery in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photograph is courtesy of Lawanna Barnett at FindAGrave.com) 

Howard Earl, 1913-1937; Buried in the Society Hill Cemetery in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi.  (Editor's note:  tombstone photograph is courtesy of Natalie Maynor at FindAGrave.com) 

Gladys T., 1915-?

The photograph below is courtesy of Derene Seal, a direct descendant of Joel Cooper.

Seated:  Joel Cooper (Bernard Cooper Seal standing to Joel's left, holding baby)

Front Row Standing:  Annie Bell, Mary Vera, Walon Seal, Addie Mae, Gladys

Back Row Standing:  Thomas Edwin, Martha Elizabeth "Lizzie", Walon Seal, Jr., Oscar Ray