This photo was taken at the Annual "COOPER CHRISTMAS" Eve dinner where everyone gathered together for a dinner and then bags of candy for every child were then handed out by Ben & Sallie.Every child looks forward to this event every year. Ben started this family event about 40 yrs. ago and continued every year,and never missed one single year, until he passed away in 2003 in which his wife Sallie and son Bishop have made sure to carry on this family tradition. The excitement, smiles and happiness the bags brought to each child, is what inspired Ben to start this tradition, and the joy it brought to the children was a gift in it's self to Ben, that money could not buy. |