Mrs. Ivy Gaynell Cooper, 65, passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Palliative Care Home in the presence of her family. She was born July 22, 1952 in Tobaccoville, NC to the late Bill Brown and Mattie Mae Hauser Glenn.

She retired from Wake Forest Baptist Hospital with 7 years of service. She was a member of The Love Church. Gaynell was a loving person who enjoyed being around family and friends. In addition to her father, she was preceded in by her brother Curtis Glenn, her sister Ethel Crockett and her granddaughter Ena'eise Holoman.

She is survived by her mother, Mattie Mae Glenn; three children: Wyomie (Eric) Watson, Charles (Willette) Cooper, Jr. and Timothy (Angie) Cooper, Sr.; one sister, Yvonne Rhodes; four brothers: William Glenn, Gregg Glenn, Gordon Glenn and Kenneth Glenn; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:30 PM on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at The Love Church, Pastor Curtis Friday, officiating. The family will greet friends 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.

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