Individual Details

Wanda Cooper

(23 Dec 1927 - 30 May 2013)

Events

Birth23 Dec 1927Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma
Marriage5 Jun 1970Oklahoma - Lee Wright Jones Jr
Death30 May 2013Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Families

SpouseLee Wright Jones Jr (1926 - 2011)

Notes

Marriage



Wanda Jones, 85, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma passed way, Thursday, May 30, 2013 in Shawnee.
She was born on December 23, 1927 to Floyd and Josephine Marie (Reinhart) Cooper in Bristow, Oklahoma.
Wanda was raised in St. Louis, Oklahoma and attended St. Louis Public Schools. She graduated with the class of 1947 from St. Louis High School.
She married Junior Wright "J.W." Jones on June 5, 1970 in Moore, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on December 31, 2011.
Wanda lived in Oklahoma City for many years until retiring and moving to Sulphur, Oklahoma before moving to Tecumseh where she has resided since.
She worked for Hartford Insurance as an administrative assistant until her retirement.
Wanda was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and was a devoted Christian. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and her family always came first. She loved to travel the country with her husband, J.W. in their 5th wheel. Wanda enjoyed shopping and arts and crafts, her dog Kandy and spending time with her family. She will be greatly missed by all those who knew and loved her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, "J.W." Jones; two daughters, Brenda Lee Browder and Karen Walker; and brother, Sonny Cooper.
Wanda is survived by two sons and daughter-in-law, Don Browder, of Dallas, Texas and Gary and Sherry Jones, of Camas, Washington; 3 daughters and 3 sons-in-law, Phyllis and Clayton Abbott, of Oklahoma City, Brenda Levett, of Denton, Texas, Glenda and John Wesley, of McLoud and Lee Walker, of Bethel Acres; sister, Betty King, of Ada, Oklahoma; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.