Doris Jean Emerson Cooper, 81, of Henderson passed away May 26, 2022 at Henderson Health & Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services were 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue with Bro. Ken Frye officiating. Burial followed in Haltom’s Chapel. The family received friends at Crook Avenue from noon-2 p.m. service time on Tuesday.
She was born Feb. 9, 1941 in Chester County, the daughter of the late Leo and Virgie Hall Emerson. She was a 1959 graduate of Chester County High School. She was a Baptist in belief.
She worked at Salant & Salant Mfg. as a secretary for many years before they closed. She then began working at Madison County Health Department as secretary for many years before retiring in 2012. Though she had no children of her own she loved her nieces and nephews as her own.
She is survived by two brothers, Jerry (Kathy) Emerson of Henderson and Johnny Emerson of Henderson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Dennis Emerson and David Emerson; and a sister, Dorothy Moon.
