William Cornelius Cooper^[1]

1903 - 1988  (85 years)

This page is from Gloria Crumpler Vester's Crumpler database, kept as she compiled it in 1999. The family's current research is in the Walsh tree (everyone in both trees). Her original 1998–2010 Crumpler website is preserved at crumpler-family.com.

• Name	William Cornelius Cooper
  Birth	31 Aug 1903
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Nov 1988	Dunn, NC
  Burial	Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1094	Gloria Crumpler Vester - Crumpler Database (1999)
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2026

  
  

  Father	Erastus R. Cooper,   b. 13 Jan 1845   d. 17 May 1935, Sampson County, NC (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Lou S. Duncan,   b. 27 Mar 1867   d. 17 Mar 1943, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	14 Apr 1890
  Family ID	F471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucille Strickland
  Family ID	F472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Willie Odom Carpenter
  Family ID	F473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Carrie Wilson
  Family ID	F474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2026

  
  

  Family 4	Ruth Cyntelle Daniels Goff,   b. 26 Jun 1914   d. 29 Oct 1983 (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2026

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone of William Cornelius Cooper (1903-1988) Inscription: WILLIAM C. COOPER / AUG. 31, 1903 / NOV. 9, 1988 Photograph by Charlene Ward (Mary Charlene Vittoe Ward), published on her pages of the Crumpler Family Genealogy website, crumpler-family.com/ward/, between 1998 and 2010. Used with thanks and with credit to her.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Gloria Crumpler Vester, Gloria Crumpler Vester, Crumpler family database (crumpler.org, 1999), (crumpler.org/gloria/html/, GED2WWW pages of 2 Nov 1999; recovered from the Internet Archive), crumpler.org/gloria/html/dat11.htm#1. [S90923] Charlene Ward, Ward cemetery photographs, (Crumpler Family Genealogy website, crumpler-family.com/ward/ (1998-2010)), Headstone photograph: Headstone of William Cornelius Cooper (1903-1988).