WILLIAMSTON – Melvin Lewis Cooper, 74, of Williamston died September 28, 2016 at Wake Medical Center, Raleigh. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, October 7, 2016 at Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, Williamston. Burial will follow in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Williamston. Cherry’s Funeral Home, Windsor, is handling the arrangements.