[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 7, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E5]
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                     REMEMBERING LISA POWERS COOPER

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 7, 2020

  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay a heartfelt tribute to 
Lisa Powers Cooper, wife of my good friend and former Tennessee State 
Senator Jerry Cooper, who died last Friday at her home in McMinnville. 
As chief of the Consumer Services Division of the Tennessee Public 
Utilities Commission since 2009, Lisa Cooper showed her dedication to 
public service. As a law student over seven years, she showed her 
perseverance, graduating from the Nashville School of Law in 2009 while 
working full time. But as the inseparable wife of Jerry, she showed the 
kind of love and support that inspired all of us who knew them. Their 
marriage was bigger than the sum of its parts and showed that two 
really can become one. As a valued friend, Lisa was always supportive 
of me when I served in the state Senate and since I have been in 
Congress. She often offered wise counsel over the phone, but also sent 
her love and prayers. A graduate of Trevecca Nazarene University, Lisa 
worked in government relations before going into state government, all 
while raising a family and doting on her grandchildren. I want to 
express my deep condolences to Jerry; Lisa's parents, Larry Powers, Sr. 
and Linda Pritchett; her daughter Holly and her husband Ward Bushart of 
Nashville; stepdaughters and their spouses Elisa and Barry Luna, Sally 
and Mike Pack and Faith and Chase McGee; her grandchildren; her 
extended family and her many, many dear friends and colleagues. She 
lived a good, virtuous and remarkable life and will be missed.

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