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Jessie Cooper Dodge

October 1, 1940 — November 12, 2023

Jessie Cooper Dodge

Funeral services for Jessie Cooper Dodge, 83, will be held Friday, November 17, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at New Sarepta Baptist Church, 199 South Main St., Sarepta, Louisiana. A visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. until service time. Burial will follow at Independence Cemetery in Fouke, Arkansas. Officiating the service will be Reverend Marty Wright.

Jessie was born on October 1, 1940 to Alfonzo and Beulah Cooper in Saint Joe, Louisiana and passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023 in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Jessie was a longtime member of New Sarepta Baptist Church and she loved the Lord with all her heart. She loved to sing, dance and travel. Above all she loved her family dearly and always put everyone else first.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Mercer Dodge; son, Kenton Bryan Dodge; grandson, Austin Cody Henson; sisters, Martha Cockrell, Velma Dake and Hazel Weems and brothers, C.C. Cooper, Harris Cooper, Jack Cooper and Clayton Cooper. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Ann Reeve and husband, Danny and Kellie Henson and husband, Shane; grandchildren, Kristin Dimitry and husband, Shaun, Ryan Reeve and wife, Valerie, Lacey Girod and husband, Severen, Landon Henson, Reagan Dodge and wife, Gabrielle and Layton Henson; twin brother, Joe Cooper and wife, Nellie; great-grandchildren, Lynlee Dimitry, Kenzie Dimitry, Andie Reeve, Maverick Girod, Heidi Reeve, Josie Girod, Anniston Dimitry and Sadie Reeve; her special great-niece, Amy Weems, who always kept her smiling and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends and her favorite cousin, Gail Cox and her special friend and roommate, Annette Payne.

Honoring Jessie as pallbearers will be Ryan Reeve, Landon Henson, Reagan Dodge, Layton Henson, Severen Girod and Shaun Dimitry.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials may be made to New Sarepta Baptist Church, 199 South Main St., Sarepta, LA 71071 or Gideons International, The Gideons International Processing Center, P.O. Box 97251, Washington, DC 20090-7251.

“But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.”  1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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Past Services

Visitation

Friday, November 17, 2023

12:00 - 1:00 pm (Central time)

New Sarepta Baptist Church

199 S Main St, Sarepta, LA 71071

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Funeral Service

Friday, November 17, 2023

1:00 - 2:00 pm (Central time)

New Sarepta Baptist Church

199 S Main St, Sarepta, LA 71071

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Burial

Friday, November 17, 2023

Independence Cemetery

, Fouke, AR 71837

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