Patrica “Patty” F. Cooper of Elizabethton, Tenn., died on Sunday, November 18, 2018, at home by the side of her devoted husband, Edward Earl Cooper, Susan Epley and Mark Moening, with the assistance of Amedisys Hospice of Extra Ovarian Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma. Patty was born in Morganton, N.C., to the late William Howard Franklin and Martha Sallie McGalliard Franklin on October 18, 1946.
She was also preceded in death by her infant brother, Larry Randolph Franklin; her sister, Janet Gail Franklin; and her great-granddaughter, Avery Grace Story; as well as all her beloved aunts, uncles and many cousins.
She is survived by her husband, Edward Earl Cooper, of the home in Elizabethton, Tenn.; her mother, Martha M. Franklin of Glen Alpine, N.C.; her sons, Stoney Dale Story of Glen Alpine, N.C., and Judd Howard Story of Morganton, N.C. She is also survived by two grandsons, a granddaughter and a great-granddaughter, all of Burke County, N.C. She is additionally survived by Janet and Douglas Green of Greeneville, Tenn., Cassy and Zack Weeks of Carrollton, Texas, and by Susan Epley, Lila Moses and Helen Roper of Morganton, N.C.
The funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, November 23, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 10 until 11:30 a.m. Friday, prior to the service. Patrica will be laid to rest in a grave to be shared with her husband, following the service on Friday, at Mountain Home National Department of Veterans Affairs Cemetery, Mountain Home, Tennessee. Patty wishes to thank her caregivers for their loving care and asks that memorials to her be: To love thy Lord God above all others and to love your neighbor as yourself. To never litter. To give generously of your time and resources with one possibility being St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Online condolences may be shared with the family on our website, www.tetrickfuneralhome.com
Mrs. Cooper and her family are in the care of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton. Office: (423) 542-2232. Service Information Line: (423) 543-4917.