Ralph Woodrow Cooper

In Loving Memory of Ralph Woodrow Cooper COOPER, RALPH WOODROW, 84 of Pearisburg , VA passed away Thursday, September 27, 2007 at Pulaski Community Hospital .  Mr. Cooper was born on March 23, 1923 in Giles County , VA and was a son of the late Charles and Mary Elizabeth Johnston Cooper.  Mr. Cooper was an Army Veteran of WWII and had received the Purple Heart, was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pearisburg, was a retired supervisor of the Celanese Corp. in Narrows , VA , and enjoyed farming after his retirement. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 56 years, Betty Harman Cooper of Pearisburg, two brother-in-laws and a sister-in-law, W.E. “Bill” and Alice Jo Harman of Narrows, Harry L. Crawford of Atlanta, GA, nieces and nephews, Marvin and Gloria Cooper, Peggy and Bill Hollar, Anna Mae Croy, Susan Richards, special niece Ann Harman who has done so much for him, another special niece, Nan Robillard, very special friends, Lee and Jean Eaton, Ray and Marlene Taylor and friend Al Gladden.  Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 2:00 pm at the Givens Funeral Chapel in Pearisburg with Dr. Fred L. Austin officiating with burial following in the Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg.  The family will receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home Friday evening from 6 – 8pm.  Full military services will follow at the gravesite presented by the VFW Post 6000 and American Legion  .Online condolences can be sent to the family at givensfuneralhome.com.   If you would like to send your condolences to the family via Givens Funeral Home, simply sign the Memorial Guestbook by clicking the link.  Your condolences will be printed out and given to the family.