Services for Johnny Ray Cooper of Wesson are 2 p.m. Wednesday,Sept. 29, at Rocky Hill Baptist Church with burial in the churchcemetery.

Visitation is today from 5-9 p.m. at Community Funeral ServicesChapel and Wednesday from noon until 2 p.m. at the church.

Mr. Cooper, 72, died Sept. 27, 2004, at his residence. He wasborn in Georgetown on June 8, 1932, to Johnny Cooper and Hallie MaeRhines Cooper.

He was retired and a veteran of the Army.

Preceding him in death were his parents; one daughter; one son;three sisters; and one brother.

Survivors are his wife, Hilda M. Cooper of Wesson; hisdaughters, Cynthia Cockrell and Sandra K. Freeman, both of Wesson;his sons, David R. Cooper of Brookhaven, and Johnny C. Cooper ofMemphis; his sisters, Elizabeth Russell of Jackson, and LucilleJacobson of Kentwood, La.; seven grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren.