Cooper Clemens Williams, Jr.

Cooper Clemens Williams, Jr., age 52, passed away Friday afternoon, December 23, 2016 in Pope, MS.Funeral services for Cooper will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. The family will hold a public visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow at Bethel Cemetery. Rev. Tracey Williams will officiate. Cooper was born in Panola County, MS to the late Cooper Clemens Williams, Sr. and Judy Faye Darby Williams. During Coopers lifetime he was an auto mechanic for 25 plus years. Survivors include 2 children; Cooper Clemens Williams, III of Topsail, N.C., Jeremy Allen Williams of Oxford, MS. Following the untimely death of Coopers sister, he took legal guardianship of her children, Cecily Perry Kendall of Cascilla, Meagan Nicole Perry and John Wesley Perry, Jr. both of Oxford, one brother, Danny Williams, one half sister; Wendy Dawn Ship of Pope, three half brothers; Kenny Ship of Pope, Mark Williams of Crowder, and Tracey Williams of Pope and 4 grandchildren; Rachel Danielle Williams, Ally-Kay Michelle Williams, Hannah Kay Williams, and Avery Cooper Williams. In addition to his parents, Cooper is preceded in death by his sister, Melissa Williams.