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Former state representative, Missouri first lady Betty Cooper Hearnes dies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Missouri first lady and state Rep. Betty Cooper Hearnes has died, the Missouri Democratic Party confirmed in a press release. She was 96. Hearnes was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives during a special election in Charleston in 1979 and served through 1986, according to data from the Secretary of
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