Betty Cooper, 94, is pictured in front of her Brownwood Lions Christmas tree in her room at Oak View Manor

The Brownwood Lions Mothers Club is celebrating its 80 th anniversary this football season, and one of its eldest members, Betty Cooper – 94 and ¾ years old by her own admission – recently took time to reflect on some of her fondest memories during her time as part of the club.

Cooper and her husband, Newt, moved to Brownwood in 1973, where she spent the last 17 years of her career teaching kindergarten, first grade and second grade students at Coggin Elementary and Woodland Heights Elementary.

The Coopers had two sons, Steve – who had played football at Odessa Permian and went on to play college football at TCU – and Thomas, who become a Brownwood Lion, starting in his seventh gra

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