Dona Pearl Derryberry was born on 21. Jan. 1909 at Angeline, Shannon County, Missouri. She was the daughter of
Robert E. Derryberry and
Minnie Jane Watts. Dona Pearl Derryberry married
Mack Arnold Cooper, son of
John Henry Cooper and
Isabell Wells, on 25. Apr. 1926 at Angeline, Shannon County, Missouri.
Dona Pearl Derryberry and
Mack Arnold Cooper appeared on the census of 2. Apr. 1930 at Moore Twp., Oregon County, Missouri.
Dona Pearl Derryberry died on 22. Jul. 1993 at Birch Tree, Shannon County, Missouri, at age 84.
"Current Wave" Eminence, Shannon Co., MO
Dona Cooper
Dona pearl Cooper was born April 5 1909 at Angeline Missouri, the daughter of Robert E. "Lee" and Minnie Jane Watts Derryberry. She passed away July 22, 1993, at Birch Tree, Missouri, at the age of 84 years. She was united in marriage to Mack A. Cooper on April 25, 1926, at Angeline Missouri. To this union eight children were born. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Mack on March 15, 1984; two children, Archie and Dorothy Cooper; and two brothers, Archie and Boone Derryberry. she is survived by two sons, Paul Cooper of Mtn. View, MO; and Murrel Cooper of Birch Tree, MO; four daughters, Norma Pohl of St.James, MO; Rosalee Nix of Dequeen, AR; and Janita Wood and Pearl Etherton, both of Birch Tree MO; two sisters-in-law, Avis Derryberry of Farmington, NM; and Leona Barnes of Birch Tree, MO; two nephews; twenty four grandchildren; and host of great and great-great-grandchildren. Dona was a member of the Berea Mennonite Church of Birch Tree. Funeral
services were held July 24, 1993, at the Duncan Funeral Chapel in Birch Tree with Otto Foust officiating. Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Birch Tree under the direction of Duncan Funeral Home of Birch Tree MO.
She was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Birch Tree, Shannon County, Missouri.