Sammie Gay (Gibbons)

Cooper, a resident of

Dothan, Alabama ,passed away Monday, January 8, 2024 at Extendicare Health. She was 91 years old.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Glover Funeral Home in Eufaula, Alabama with Rev. Ray Cureton officiating and Glover Funeral Home of Eufaula directing. Burial followed in the Pleasant View Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Clayton, Alabama. The family received friends one hour prior to the service. Flowers will be accepted.

Sammie was born October 24, 1932 in East Tallassee, Alabama to the late Samuel Albert and Christine Small Gibbons. After graduating from Tallassee High School in 1952, she attended John P. Patterson Technical School in Montgomery, Alabama and later worked for American Buildings Company in Eufaula, Alabama as a draftsman. In her spare time, she enjoyed painting, doing ceramics, for which she won several awards at the National Peanut Festival, and cooking for her family.

She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Joe Gibbons; sister, Peggy Johnson.

Survivors include her loving husband of 54 years, Marvin Edward Cooper; son, Mike Emfinger (Angie); grandson, Cliff Anderson (Kim); four great-grandchildren, Trace Anderson, Ashlyn Anderson, Carlie Shirley, and Brantley Anderson and five nephews. Asked to serve as pallbearers were Kenny Cooper, Ronnie Cooper, Justin Cooper, Maddox Cooper, Phillip Nelson, and Jerry Dubose.

Glover Funeral Home of Eufaula was entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 687-5725. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral. com