Wanda Lillie Cooper

WANDA LILLIE COOPER ASHEVILLE - WANDA LILLIE MEHAFFEY COOPER, 61, OF 265 SMITH GRAVEYARD RD. DIED MONDAY, JULY 9, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ZION HILL BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GENEVIEVE BROOKSHIRE MEHAFFEY OF LEICESTER AND THE LATE RUFUS LEROY MEHAFFEY. SURVIVING IN ADDITION TO HER MOTHER ARE HER HUSBAND, CLAYTON COOPER OF THE HOME; DAUGHTERS, TINA OWENS AND HUSBAND TONY OF EMMA, AND TRESHA COOPER OF THE HOME; SON, TIM COOPER OF THE HOME; STEP SONS, ROY COOPER AND ROGER COOPER BOTH OF ASHEVILLE, STEVE COOPER OF CANDLER, AND GARY COOPER OF HIGHLANDS; BROTHERS, BUDDY MEHAFFEY OF CHEROKEE, WAYNE, VAN, AND MAURICE MEHAFFEY ALL OF LEICESTER; GRANDCHILDREN, MICHAEL, JENNIFER, BROOKE, CHRISTA, DAKOTA, AND HUNTER OWENS. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY IN THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE DR. RALPH SEXTON, SR. AND REV. AARON PHILLIPS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ZION HILL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. AT OTHER TIMES, THE FAMILY WILL BE AT THE HOME OF TINA OWENS, 609 EMMA RD., ASHEVILLE.