Jessie Mae Cooner

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Jessie Mae Cooner, 82

Born May 15, 1938 in Bruce, Ms. to the late Thomas Claude and Eva Rena Parker Cooner.

Jessie went to be with the Lord on July 2, 2020. She was a member of the Church of God in Bruce, Ms.

Jessie was loved by all and had many friends. She was a loving, caring, and fun person. If Jessie liked you, you knew it. You could always find Jessie rocking or swinging while listening to her radio and flipping through her book of photos she collected for hours at a time. She enjoyed her trips to Walmart and being able to get her favorite food, a cheeseburger. If you were lucky then You could catch her singing her favorite song by Hank Williams (Hey Good Looking). And if there was a baby around then she was sure to get a turn at rocking and holding the baby.

Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until service time at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 4, 2020 at Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Westmoreland officiating. Jessie will be laid to rest in the Antioch Cemetery in Bruce, Ms. Pallbearers will be Larry Stacy, Jr., Eric Stacy, Richard Wayne Winter, Mike Winter, James Bonds, and Brantley Simmons.

Jessie Mae is survived by her sister, Dorothy Stacy of Water Valley, a host of family and friends and her family at the Calhoun County Nursing Home.

Jessie was proceeded in death by both of her parents, her brothers: Harley Winter, Levoy Winter, Charles Edward Cooner, and Billy Jean Cooner and her sister Levonia Winter.

In lieu of flowers, plants, gifts or food, the family requests memorial contributions in Jessie Mae Cooner’s memory be made to National Down Syndrome Society at www.ndss.org.

Funeral service entrusted to Parker Memorial Funeral Homes.

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