The Brownwood Lions Mothers Club is celebrating its 80th anniversary this football season, and one of its eldest members, Betty Cooper – 94 and ¾ years old by her own admission – recently took time to reflect on some of her fondest memories during her time as part of the club. We immediately joined in everything and I became a part of the Lions Mothers Club. “Coach Wood, in 1980, he asked me to play for the Mothers Club banquet,” Cooper said. “The most exciting times of my life were football,” Cooper said. “I had several uncles that were coaches when football was just coming around big time, especially at Odessa Permian and with the Brownwood Lions.