HUNTSVILLE TIMES

Sunday, February 24, 2002

 

Lela C. Letson

 

April 6, 1925 Feb. 22, 2002

 

Lela Cooper LETSON of Hazel Green died Friday. She was 76.

 

Mrs. Cooper was a former assembly worker at P.R. Mallory Co., and a member of the Joy Bible Class at the Hazel Green First Baptist Church.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Buddy LETSON, who died Feb. 11.

 

Survivors a daughter, Judy Gail BUCHANAN of Stevenson; a step-daughter, Terisa L. TAPSCOTT of Hartselle; two sons, Troy COOPER of Huntsville and John COOPER of Pasadena, Texas; four sisters, Lorene LUKE of Dickson, Tenn., Peggy Ann BROWN of Hazel Green, Edie Faye KAZIMA of Pasadena and Johnnie Ann ELLIOTT of Cheshire, Conn.; three brothers, James LANIER of Lacey's Spring, Ulys LANIER of Huntsville and Jon Sidney LANIER of Dallas, Texas; 13 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

 

Visitation will be today from 5 to 9 p.m. at Gallant Funeral Home.  The funeral will be Monday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Scott LETSON officiating.  Burial will be in Byrd Cemetery in Owens Cross Roads.

 

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.