Ruby Lee Cooper

Services for Ruby Cooper, 79, of Longview, will be 10 AM Tuesday, May 16, 2006, in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home, 1617 Judson Rd., with Reverend Tom Roberson officiating. Interment will follow in Rosewood Park. Mrs. Cooper was a member at Oakland Heights Baptist Church for many years. Visitation will be Monday, May 15, 2006, from 6-8 PM. Ruby was born in Honey Grove, TX to Sam Bradshaw and Alma Prickett Bradshaw on September 23, 1926. She went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 10, 2006. She was a lifelong resident of Longview, Texas. She married O. A. ?Toby? Cooper, on August 16, 1946. She was very civic minded and devoted her life to the community. She served the citizens of Gregg County as their District Clerk for 36 years and worked for the county for 52 years. She was awarded the honor of ?District Clerk of the Year? for the County and District Clerks Association of Texas in the year 1987. She served on the Legislative Committee for many years with the association and numerous other committees through out her years of service. She was Director for Area VI for the association and participated on many educational panels. Ruby was an outstanding member of the Longview Pilot Club and was awarded ?Pilot of the Year?. She joined the Longview Pilot Club in 1967, and had 37 years of perfect attendance and she also served as President. She always participated and served her famous ?chicken spaghetti? that the community supported. She served as co-chairman for ?The Taste of Longview?. She devoted her time to help others; such as the anticipated Bingo games that the Pilot Club members would help conduct at Highland Pines Nursing Home. The residents looked forward to seeing her come and spend time with them. She has touched many lives throughout the years and through her illness there were many that had remembered and took great care for her. We want to thank all that helped her through her illness. She was well known all over the state from the governors of Texas to the customer that came and paid their child support in the clerk?s office. She was a member of the Gregg County Democrats. She was a member of the Texas Democratic Women. She was a charter member of the Longview Lady's Investment Club. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, O. A. ?Toby? Cooper; sisters, Ruth Jones of South Haven, Mississippi, Mildred Bonner of Flatwoods, Kentucky; brothers and sister-in-law, W. E. ?Eddie? and Wilma Bradshaw of Longview, Texas and Robert and Lois Bradshaw of Tucson, Arizona; and a very special niece, Ellen Prickett of Longview, TX and many nieces and nephews. She had many friends and was truly a friend to many. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to Pilot International Foundation, P.O. Box. 2974, Longview, Texas, 75606.

Ruby Lee Cooper

September 23, 1926 - May 10, 2006