Rev. Lula Mae Mallett, age 78, of Waterloo and formerly of Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Windsor Nursing and Rehab Center in Cedar Falls.

She was born August 24, 1935 in Jackson, Mississippi, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Hooper. She earned her GED and attended Hawkeye Community College for 2 years and the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago for 1 year. She married Lewis Mallett. They were later divorced.

Lula worked as a para-educator at Johnson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids for 2 years. She was granted a license in ministry on September 25, 1988. Lula was a former member of Payne A.M.E. Church in Waterloo, where she served as a deacon and a local elder. She was an active member of Bethel A.M.E. Church in Iowa City, Christian Women United and served as a local elder in several congregations.

Survivors include a daughter, Debra (Tony) Campbell of Iowa City; a son, Lewis Jr. (Linda) Mallett of Milwaukee, WI; a daughter Tina Mallett of Des Moines; 20 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; 4 sisters, Alice Stevens and Viola (Silas) Gary, all of Waterloo, Lillie Scott of Las Vegas, NV and Ruth (Otis) Davis of Aurora, CO; a brother, Rick (Anita) Hooper of Milwaukee, WI; a sister-in-law, Delores Hooper of Milwaukee, WI; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Chauncey Mallett; a granddaughter, Christine Mallett; 2 brothers, Joseph and James Hooper; and 4 sisters, Virginia Graves, Corrine Burt, Elizabeth Scott and Christine Hooper.