Photo courtesy of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home - Somerset
Jun 1, 1940 - Dec 3, 2025
I'm so sorry to hear about Nettie Ruth's passing. She is in many of my childhood memories of pulling tobacco plants & stripping tobacco. She sure kept us laughing & made those jobs a lot better just by being there. My prayers for the family.
Christi Loveless-Conn
December 05, 2025 | Flemingsburg, KY | Neighbor
May your family be at peace knowing that she is at peace in Heaven.
Vickie Propst
December 03, 2025 | Centerville, GA | Friend
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Jeannie Stone Spradlin
December 03, 2025 | Somerset, KY | Friend
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always Aunt Nettie.
Melissa Brown
December 03, 2025 | Louisville, KY | Family
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
JIIN OILLON OF YOUR FELLOW AMERICASN WHO EMDRACE THE AMERICASN WHO EMDRACE THE
December 03, 2025 | JASON VANCE, BC
Nettie Ruth Cooper, age 85, of Nancy, Kentucky, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at Hospice of Lake Cumberland Jean Waddle Care Center.
Born on June 1, 1940, in Pine Mountain, Kentucky, Nettie Ruth was the daughter of the late Albert Jacob Brown and Hanna Couch Brown. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, known for her kindness, her steady strength, and her unwavering love for her family. Her gentle presence and warm heart touched many lives, and her memory will continue to be a blessing to all who knew her. Nettie Ruth enjoyed fishing, tending her garden and canning the vegetables she grew with pride and care.
She is survived by her daughter, Wanda Faye (Paul) Walters of Nancy; her sons, Wendell Lee (Lisa) Cooper of Nancy, James Larry (Ethel Marie) Cooper, Robert Waymond Cooper of Nancy, Delmer Glenn (Peggy) Cooper of Nancy, and Lonnie “Duke” Cooper of Nancy. She also leaves behind her brothers, Raymond (Dean) Brown of Marion, Indiana, Wayne (Diane) Brown of Louisville, and Earl Hensley of Harlan County; her sisters, Maze Rhodus of Somerset, Cleta Callahan of Harlan County, and Lorene Hensley of Lexington. She is lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Larry Cooper, Laura Stout, Paul Walters, Casey Minton, Lacey Denny, Jonathan Cooper, Delmer Lee Cooper, Hobie Cooper, Robert Holder, Gracey Hall; several great-grandchildren, Matthew Cooper, Jessica Cooper, Dustin Strunk, Abigail Hutton, Gabriel Strunk, Elizabeth McWhorter, Halee Walters, Julie Walters, Isaiah Cooper, Kinsley Cooper, Ryan Denny and Hayden Hall; and great-great-grandchildren, Paisley Lane Strunk, Brantley Dale Strunk, Amara Hockensmith, Mazikeen “Mazi” McWhorter, Geneston Lonnie Cooper and Rhea Rose Miller, all of whom brought immense joy to her life.
Along with her parents, Nettie Ruth was preceded in death by her twin grandchildren, Kimberly Kay Cooper and Timothy Ray Cooper; her brothers, Kenny Brown and James Hensley; and her sister, Billie Sears.
Visitation will be held on Friday, December 5, 2025 from 5:00pm until 8:00pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home.
Her funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 11:00am at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, with Bro. Lance Coffey officiating. Burial will be at Hopeful Cemetery in Nancy, Kentucky.
You are welcome to view the obituary and send condolences to the family at:www.LakeCumberlandFuneralService.com
Lake Cumberland Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements for Nettie Ruth Cooper.
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