Dorothy Gordon Cooper, 86, of Tanners Road, Madison County, died on Thurday, July 21, 2022, at the English Meadows Nursing Home, Front Royal, Va. She was born on August 31, 1935 in Madison County and was the daughter of the late Conway Taylor Gordon and Katherine Francis Gordon. She is also predeceased by a daughter Assunta Santora.
She is survived by her husband James Edward Cooper of Orange; three daughters Gorodesky Cooper of Culpeper, Tondelayo Cooper of Madison, and Soonhwa Clark of Orange; one son Bjarni “Jim” Cooper and wife Tammy of Hagerstown, MD; six grandchildren Aria “AJ” Jones, Myckieala Cooper, Kiree Cooper, Bjarni Cooper, Shaquille Cooper, and D’Angello Cooper; two great grandchildren Santora Barksdale-Jones, and Johari Barksdale-Jones; two sisters Beatrice Harris, and Catherine Anamateros; and two brothers Edward “Skippy” Gordon, and Charles Gordon.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, July 29, 2022, at 12:00 Noon at the Mt Pisgah Baptist Church, with interment in the church cemetery. Rev. Walter Bryant will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the funeral. Preddy Funeral Home of Orange is assisting the family.
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