Brenda Louise Snead Cooper, age 67, Hawthorne, FL, left this earthly scene on March 29, 2019, during a brief stay at Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, FL.  Homegoing services were held Friday, April 12, 2019, at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Hawthorne, FL with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery in Gainesville, FL, under the direction of Duncan Brothers' Funeral Home, Gainesville, FL.

Brenda was born to Mattie Ellen and Winford T. Snead.  She was a 1969 graduate of Harrisonville High School in Harrisonville, MO.  She was a retired Elections Clerk with the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office in Gainesville, FL.  She was a daughter of the University City Temple #900 (Elk Organization) and the Red & Black Hatters Sorority.

Brenda leaves to cherish fond memories, her devoted husband, Frederick Steve Cooper of Hawthorne, FL; daughter, Evie Hicks of San Diego, CA; step-children, Frederick Cooper and Stephanie Howell of San Diego, CA; 2 grandchildren; sisters, Karen (Wilson) Ausmer, Harrisonville, MO and Teresa (Keith) Shobe, Butler, MO; brother, Thomas Snead (Machelle), Archie, MO; in-laws, Charles (Cora) Cooper of Gainesville, FL, Gail (William) Peppers of Hawthorne, FL, and Cynthia Cooper, and Wayne (Sherlene) Cooper of Gainesville, FL; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.