1955
Gary
2012
Gary Allen Cooper
August 4, 1955 — August 5, 2012
Gary Allen Cooper, 57, of Orange, passed away after a brief illness on Sunday, August 5, 2012.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, August 9, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Don Sheffield of Cornerstone Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., Wednesday and from 8 a.m. until service time, Thursday at the funeral home.
Mr. Cooper was born in Orange on August 4, 1955 to Garney Lee and Barbara Lee Glesmann Cooper. He was a 1973 graduate of Lutcher Stark High School and attended Lamar University. He was a longtime employee at Invista where he was a maintenance supervisor. He attended what was formerly known as 12th Street Baptist Church. He was an avid hunter and a caring, devoted, loving husband, father, brother and uncle. He will be missed by everyone who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his parents; father-in-law, Dale Richey and his grandparents.
Gary is survived by his wife and high school sweetheart, Rebecca "Becky" Cooper; sons, Lee Allen Cooper and Matthew Dale Cooper and sisters and brothers-in-law, Renee and Monty Jarrett and Charlotte and Steve Liles. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Lucille Richey and a host of relatives and friends who will all miss him.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73123-1718.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, August 9, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Don Sheffield of Cornerstone Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., Wednesday and from 8 a.m. until service time, Thursday at the funeral home.
Mr. Cooper was born in Orange on August 4, 1955 to Garney Lee and Barbara Lee Glesmann Cooper. He was a 1973 graduate of Lutcher Stark High School and attended Lamar University. He was a longtime employee at Invista where he was a maintenance supervisor. He attended what was formerly known as 12th Street Baptist Church. He was an avid hunter and a caring, devoted, loving husband, father, brother and uncle. He will be missed by everyone who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his parents; father-in-law, Dale Richey and his grandparents.
Gary is survived by his wife and high school sweetheart, Rebecca "Becky" Cooper; sons, Lee Allen Cooper and Matthew Dale Cooper and sisters and brothers-in-law, Renee and Monty Jarrett and Charlotte and Steve Liles. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Lucille Richey and a host of relatives and friends who will all miss him.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73123-1718.
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