John C. Cooper, age 85 of 603 Bailey Street, died Thursday Oct. 11th in the Westside Living Center in Greenville.
He was born in Ware Shoals, SC and was a son of the late Clifton and Sarah Reeves Cooper.
Mr. Cooper was retired from Clinton Mills and was a member of Clinton City Council from 1988-1996. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and was an Army Veteran of WWII. He also was a member and Past Master of the Campbell Masonic Lodge # 44 and the Hejaz Shrine Temple.
He is survived by two sons, Steve Cooper of Clinton and Billy Ray Hyde of Greenwood; a daughter, Donna Simmons of Clinton, one brother, Jessie Cooper of Laurens; two sisters, Margaret Crain of Greenwood and Geraldine Carithers of Anderson; thirteen grandchildren; and many great and great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conduced Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in the Gray Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Pinelawn Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
The family will be the home at 603 Bailey Street in Clinton.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at
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Gray Funeral Home of Clinton