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Submitted: 5/26/21 • Approved: 5/31/21 • Last Updated: 6/3/21 • R421921-G0-S3
Texas
SOUNDMAN THIRD CLASS US Navy Reserves
World War II
November 3, 1926-October 21, 1950
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
A.J. (Jack) Cope, 23, of 1104 S. Spruce, died suddenly Saturday at 11:00 a.m. as he prepared to go to work on a rig nine miles northwest of Borger, where he was employed by the Texas Well Servicing Company as a driller.
A physician said the death was caused from a heart condition.
Cope was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church of Borger, a member of the Masonic Lodge of Stinnett and a Navy veteran of the past war.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. A.J. Cope, of the same address; one daughter, 4-year-old Donna Sue; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Cope of Borger, and one brother, Jimmy Cope, also of Borger.
The body is resting at Minton Funeral Home, pending completion of the funeral arrangements.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, October 22, 1950, P1 C3)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Alfred Jackson Cope
Death Date: 21 Oct 1950
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 48787
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Alfred Jackson Cope
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Birth Date: 2 Nov 1926
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 21 Oct 1950
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: C C Cope
Mother: Oma Thompson
Contributed on 5/26/21
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Record #: 421921