Ethel Elaine Lilly Cooper, 95, a resident of Magnolia, MS, passed away at McComb Community Center on July 23, 2026 surrounded by her loving family.

A visitation will be held Monday, July 27, 2026, at Guiding Light Pentecostal Church from 5 PM until 8 PM, continuing Tuesday, July 28, 2026 from 10 AM until services at 12 PM. Rev. Jerry Terrell and Rev. Joseph Dykes will officiate and burial will be at Lilly Cemetery. Hartman-Jones Funeral is in charge of arrangements.

Elaine was born in Amite Co., MS on June 16, 1931 to the late Jeffie Lee Lilly and Gussie May Johnson Lilly. She was a very devoted Pentecostal woman who loved the Lord and her family with everything in her. She was a very good cook and loved doing Sunday meals where everyone would come.

Elaine is preceded in death by her parents; three sons Jimmy Donald Cooper, William Clayton Cooper, and Kenneth Wayne Cooper; stepdaughter Delores Patterson; one granddaughter Tosha Cooper; one great-grandson Joseph Hensley; two daughter-in-laws Gloria Cooper and Joan Cooper; one son-in-law Wendell Byrd; four sisters Rudy Hodges, Leslie Burgess, Annie Rushing, and Jessie Cooper; one brother Thomas Lilly; and her beloved four-legged companion Angel.

Elaine is survived by seven children Tony Cooper, Peggy Wilkinson (Don), Mike Cooper (Sandy), Robert Cooper (Nell), Judy Cooper (Binky), Nadine Byrd, and Joseph Cooper (Sybil); two hundred grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and great-great-great grandchildren whom she loved very much; along with numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Pallbearers will be Clay Cooper, Philip Cooper, David Morgan, Robbie Cooper, Joe Cooper, and Brandon Bedwell.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Guiding Light Pentecostal Church in her memory.