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Submitted: 7/18/20 • Approved: 7/18/20 • Last Updated: 7/21/20 • R334871-G0-S3
October 27, 1919 - June 4, 2002
Married May 9, 1947
(See Veteran marker)
LOCKNEY — Services for Glen Raymond Cooper, 82, of Lockney will be at 3 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Lockney with the Rev. Gene Hawkins officiating and the Rev. Phillip Golden assisting.
Burial will be in Lockney Cemetery under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Lockney.
He died Wednesday, June 4, 2002.
He was born Oct. 27, 1919, in Malvern, Ark. He attended Kent School in Briscoe County. He was a boat mate second class in the Navy and served on the USS Markab during World War II.
He married Violet Purcell on May 9, 1947, in Clovis, N.M. He farmed in Floyd County from 1948 until retiring in 1986. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and taught Sunday school.
He was preceded in death by a son, Terry.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Ted of Sealy and Tim of Farwell; a daughter, Glenda Jones of Lockney; four brothers, Howard of Ruidoso, N.M., Ross of Lockney, Lee of Georgetown and Pete of Jal, N.M.; three sisters, Vera Wood of Ruidoso, Wilma VanMeter of Hobbs, N.M., and Ann Lumpkin of Amarillo; six grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church, 401 S. Main, Lockney, TX 79241 or Elaine Hardy Scholarship, P.O. Box 823, Lockney, TX 79241.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-7 p.m. Thursday.
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