Thomas Allen “Zipp” Coppinger, 69, of Como, Texas, formerly of Greenville, passed away on March 2, 2021 in Dallas. A visitation will be Saturday, March 6, 2021 from 2:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. A graveside service will be Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 3:00 P.M. at Harmony Cemetery in Winnsboro with Rev. Mike Eason officiating. A visitation will be held from 2:00 P.M. until service time at the Harmony Cemetery Chapel, 284 CR 2397, Winnsboro, Texas, 75494.
Zipp was born June 18, 1951 in Greenville, Texas to Thomas Richard “Tom” Coppinger and Lois Gunn. He worked as a truck driver hauling cattle for Blaine Peek Trucking Company and others; and at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Auction; Zipp was a lifelong Cowboy. He attended Cross Spurs Cowboy Church and First Assembly of God as a child and teenager.
He is survived by his sisters, Sandra Tate and Sharon Reilly and husband, Larry; brother, Don Coppinger and wife, Judith; sister-in-laws, Peggy Coppinger and Mae Coppinger; extended family who he loved very much, Misti Clark and husband, Dean, Michael Hrabal and wife, Stacy, Leslie Hrabal and wife, Virginia; extended grandchildren, Kason Clark, Bailey Magnuson, Hootie Magnuson, Grace Magnuson, Jalyn Hrabal, Hadlee Hrabal and Dakota Hrabal.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Pallbearers will be Blaine Peek, Michael Hrabal, Dakota Hrabal, Shane Nichols, Hootie Magnuson, Alex Coppinger, Jim Brown and Blake Turner.
Honorary pallbearers Butch Nichols, Danny Miller, Carroll Anders, Robert Anders, Larry Vittitow and Michael Powell.
Memorials may be made to Harmony Cemetery Association, c/o Dreabon Joiner, PO Box 5, Pickton, Texas 75471.
We are requesting that you limit the size of the gathering during the viewing due to concerns regarding the current health crisis. Masks are required in the funeral home and cemetery chapel. Please feel free to come and pay your respects but limit your contact with others as per recommended guidelines from the CDC.