Ola Mae Cofer was born May 30, 1925 in Frost, TX to Jim Ed and Artie Mae Smith. She attended Navarro County Public Schools. Mrs. Cofer was married to Moses Cornelius Cofer. She was a member of Coming of Christ Full Gospel Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Artie Smith; brothers, Albert Smith, William Smith, Jim Smith; sisters, Murrel Lee Dismuke, Luvina Meekins, and Velma Jennings; daughter, Willie Jean Nickerson; and granddaughter, Sharon Kay Carter.