Lost leader

By Dennis Myers

This article was published on 04.14.11

In this 1996 file photo, Reno civil rights leader Onie Cooper chatted with Democratic U.S. House candidate Thomas “Spike” Wilson at the Carpenters Union Hall on Terminal Way. Cooper died last week at age 86. He will be remembered on Friday, April 15, at 9:30 a.m. at Second Baptist Church, 1265 Montello St., in Reno.

In this 1996 file photo, Reno civil rights leader Onie Cooper chatted with Democratic U.S. House candidate Thomas “Spike” Wilson at the Carpenters Union Hall on Terminal Way. Cooper died last week at age 86. He will be remembered on Friday, April 15, at 9:30 a.m. at Second Baptist Church, 1265 Montello St., in Reno.

Photo By DENNIS MYERS

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