The final resting place of Margaret Cooper is at the south side of Memphis Memorial Park, in a corner east of the entrance fountain.
Centenarian Margaret Cooper was twice a widow, and met her first husband on a blind date!
Her obituary can be read on the findagrave memorial: (
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Text on headstone:
Margaret Clack
Askew Hood Cooper
October 8, 1911
September 28, 2014
Some historical events that occurred during Margaret's time on earth:
1911: Roald Amundsen's expedition reaches the South Pole.
1921: The United States Figure Skating Association is formed.
1931: The movie City Lights, starring Charlie Chaplin, is released.
1941: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech" to a Joint session of the United States Congress; Within an hour, Congress agrees to the President's request for a United States declaration of war upon Japan
1951: The Great Flood of 1951 reaches its highest point in northeast Kansas, culminating in the greatest flood damage to date in the Midwestern United States.
1961: Ham the Chimp, a 37-pound (17-kg) male, is rocketed into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2
1971: 'Fight of the Century': Boxer Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in a 15-round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden.
1981: Donkey Kong is released, marking the first Donkey Kong title and Mario title arcade smash hit game developed by Nintendo.
1991: At the 35th Annual Tailhook Symposium in Las Vegas, 83 women and 7 men are assaulted.
2001: Sherpa Temba Tsheri, 16, becomes the youngest person to summit Mount Everest.
2014: The water source for Flint, Michigan is changed, starting the Flint water crisis