Judy Blackbird Cooper
April 25, 1938 — November 3, 2019
Judy Blackbird Cooper, 81 of Katy, passed away Sunday,
November 3rd at the Caydance Assisted Living Center in Katy, Texas. Graveside
services will be held at 1:00 pm, Wednesday, November 13th at Plantersville
Cemetery in Plantersville, Texas. Rev. David Huegel will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Nobles Funeral Chapel.
Judy was born in Cushing, Oklahoma April 25, 1938, one of two daughters born to
Alfred and Mary Moffitt Blackbird. She grew up in Houston, Texas and graduated
from Mirabeau Lamar High School in 1955. She enrolled in and attended the
University of Texas until she met her first husband, Wayne Morrison, who was in
the U.S. Air Force and stationed in San Antonio, Texas. She left school when
she married him in 1957. She had her first child, Michael Glen (Glen) Morrison,
while still stationed in San Antonio, on May 17, 1959. After her husband was
discharged, they moved to Houston and had their second child, Janet Lee (Jan)
Shepperd on April 17, 1961.
She became a single mom in 1965, remarried in 1967 and moved to Clear Lake
City, where her husband was a commercial artist for NASA by day and a musician
by night.
After a few years, she moved back to Houston, worked as a medical
transcriptionist and raised her children in West University Place. She started
taking flying lessons at Hooks Airport in Spring, Texas in 1977 and obtained
her license in 1978. For many years thereafter, she spent her weekends with
friends/fellow pilots and they routinely took excursions to nearby destinations
for lunch, shelling, shopping, etc. Once her children were grown, she moved to Montgomery
and lived there for many years until she bought a home and moved to Tomball,
Texas to be closer to her parents who had retired in Plantersville, Texas. Judy
enjoyed reading, genealogy, word games, and travelling. Throughout her life she
visited Alaska, Canada, England, Ireland, Mexico, Paris and Scotland, among
other places.
Judy is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Sidney Shepperd;
sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Larry Blackwell and grandsons Alexander
Morgenegg and Anthony Morrison. She was preceded in death by her parents and
son Michael Glen Morrison.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made in
her name to the following charities: The Abandoned Animal Rescue at www.aartexas.org OR
The Wounded Warrior Project, https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org
.
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