Nathan Lewis Cooper, 87, of Gatesville, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, February 15, 2014, at the Gatesville Church of Christ. Burial will follow in Restland Cemetery. There is no set time for visitation.
Nathan was born in Gatesville, Texas, to the late Wesley Ward Cooper and Mary Ann "Mollie" Maines Cooper, the tenth of eleven children. He started school in Marlin and then his family moved to the Gatesville area when he was in the second grade. Nathan attended several small schools around Gatesville including Hubbard, Turnover, and Ewing, graduating from Gatesville High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1953 during the Korean War. After leaving the Army, Nathan worked at several jobs. He started a driving school, worked for a filling station in Killeen, and then worked for an air conditioning company doing sheet metal work, a skill that he trained for in the Army. Nathan worked two years at North Fort Hood and then he transferred to South Fort Hood where he retired after 28 years in the sheet metal shop. He married Mable Dean Woodson Cooper on May 17, 1963.
Nathan was preceded in death by his wife, Mable; and nine siblings.
Nathan is survived by stepson, Bill Woodson and wife, Elaine of Gatesville; step-grandsons, Koi Woodson and wife, Beth, of Fort Worth, and Tannon Woodson and wife, Elizabeth, of Houston; sister, Vella Mae Yielding, of Spring, Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. R14
Nathan was born in Gatesville, Texas, to the late Wesley Ward Cooper and Mary Ann "Mollie" Maines Cooper, the tenth of eleven children. He started school in Marlin and then his family moved to the Gatesville area when he was in the second grade. Nathan attended several small schools around Gatesville including Hubbard, Turnover, and Ewing, graduating from Gatesville High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1953 during the Korean War. After leaving the Army, Nathan worked at several jobs. He started a driving school, worked for a filling station in Killeen, and then worked for an air conditioning company doing sheet metal work, a skill that he trained for in the Army. Nathan worked two years at North Fort Hood and then he transferred to South Fort Hood where he retired after 28 years in the sheet metal shop. He married Mable Dean Woodson Cooper on May 17, 1963.
Nathan was preceded in death by his wife, Mable; and nine siblings.
Nathan is survived by stepson, Bill Woodson and wife, Elaine of Gatesville; step-grandsons, Koi Woodson and wife, Beth, of Fort Worth, and Tannon Woodson and wife, Elizabeth, of Houston; sister, Vella Mae Yielding, of Spring, Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. R14
Nathan Lewis Cooper, 87, of Gatesville, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, February 15, 2014, at the Gatesville Church of Christ. Burial will follow in Restland Cemetery. There is no set time for visitation.
Nathan was born in Gatesville, Texas, to the late Wesley Ward Cooper and Mary Ann "Mollie" Maines Cooper, the tenth of eleven children. He started school in Marlin and then his family moved to the Gatesville area when he was in the second grade. Nathan attended several small schools around Gatesville including Hubbard, Turnover, and Ewing, graduating from Gatesville High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1953 during the Korean War. After leaving the Army, Nathan worked at several jobs. He started a driving school, worked for a filling station in Killeen, and then worked for an air conditioning company doing sheet metal work, a skill that he trained for in the Army. Nathan worked two years at North Fort Hood and then he transferred to South Fort Hood where he retired after 28 years in the sheet metal shop. He married Mable Dean Woodson Cooper on May 17, 1963.
Nathan was preceded in death by his wife, Mable; and nine siblings.
Nathan is survived by stepson, Bill Woodson and wife, Elaine of Gatesville; step-grandsons, Koi Woodson and wife, Beth, of Fort Worth, and Tannon Woodson and wife, Elizabeth, of Houston; sister, Vella Mae Yielding, of Spring, Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. R14
Nathan was born in Gatesville, Texas, to the late Wesley Ward Cooper and Mary Ann "Mollie" Maines Cooper, the tenth of eleven children. He started school in Marlin and then his family moved to the Gatesville area when he was in the second grade. Nathan attended several small schools around Gatesville including Hubbard, Turnover, and Ewing, graduating from Gatesville High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1953 during the Korean War. After leaving the Army, Nathan worked at several jobs. He started a driving school, worked for a filling station in Killeen, and then worked for an air conditioning company doing sheet metal work, a skill that he trained for in the Army. Nathan worked two years at North Fort Hood and then he transferred to South Fort Hood where he retired after 28 years in the sheet metal shop. He married Mable Dean Woodson Cooper on May 17, 1963.
Nathan was preceded in death by his wife, Mable; and nine siblings.
Nathan is survived by stepson, Bill Woodson and wife, Elaine of Gatesville; step-grandsons, Koi Woodson and wife, Beth, of Fort Worth, and Tannon Woodson and wife, Elizabeth, of Houston; sister, Vella Mae Yielding, of Spring, Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. R14
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