Douglas LeroyCooper

Douglas Leroy Cooper, 85, of Cooper passed away October 18, 2011 at Clyde Cosper Veterans Home in Bonham.  A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at Vaughn Cemetery in Gilmore, Oklahoma.  Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home.

Born April 29, 1926, in Monroe, Oklahoma, Douglas was the son of Bernnie Lee and Nora Dell (Bolton) Cooper.  On April 10, 1949, he married Betty Jo Callaway in Mena, Arkansas.  He served his country in the U. S. Army during World War II.  He was a retired Pentecostal Church of God minister serving as a missionary for over 20 years in Navaho Indian Missions in Oklahoma and New Mexico. 

Survivors include his sons Dan Cooper and wife Betty of Greenville and Charles Cooper and wife Sherry of Leonard; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife in 2009; infant daughter Sonia Norene Cooper; 6 brothers Rob, Other, Gaylan, Rayburn, Carrol, and Herbert Cooper; and sister, Vaneila Clark.