Funeral services for Elder Alphonso Cooper age 86 of Middle River Road Americus, Georgia will be Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at the Old Corinth Baptist Church with Apostle Daniel Kuykendall Officiating. Burial will follow at the Alphonso Cooper Cemetery.
Elder Alphonso Cooper a longtime resident of Americus Sumter County Georgia, was born on July 12, 1927 in Gainesville, Florida to the late John Cooper and the late Martha Cameron Cooper. He received his early education at Welcome Church School and attended Staley High School. He was married to the late Emma Monts Cooper and to this union eight children were born. Elder Cooper departed this life on Friday, January 24, 2014 at the Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center following a brief illness. He was preceded in death by a grandson Eric Dwayne Carnes, and a brother Robert Lee Cooper of Baltimore MD.
Left to cherish his memory are his children: Alfordean (Apostle Daniel) Kuykendall of Bridgewater, MA. Belinda Jean Battle, Americus, GA, Daryl Alonzo Cooper, Anchorage, Alaska, Dale Edwin Cooper (Clara) Broken Arrow, Ok, John Alton Cooper (Elizabeth), Virlynn Ivan Cooper, Ronald David Cooper (Stacey) all of Americus, GA;. two sisters, Bertha Cooper formerly Newark, NJ and Naomi Harris, Dorchester, MA; fourteen grandchildren, a devoted granddaughter, Deloris Ann Cooper, Anya Lynn Battle (Charlie), Michelle Towns (Charles), Janet Griffin, Christopher Cooper, Darnell Alexander Kuykendall, Darrin Kuykendall, Benita Vernae Kuykendall, Jonathan Cooper, Michael Cooper, Patrick Cooper (Michele), Nicolas Cooper, Kourtney Connelly (John); eighteen great grandchildren, five great great grandchildren. Several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends also survive.