Parents: Benjamin Oscar Cooper [1894 – 1973] and Arty Evaline Roe [1900 – 1989]
Veteran of World War II. Served in the United States Navy. Served aboard the USS Ute which participated in Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns: Aleutians Operation: Attu occupation, Okinawa Gunto Operation and Iwo Jima Operation
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Name: W C Cooper
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 18 Jan 1921
Birth Place: Grandbury Ho, Texas
Death Date: 11 Aug 1998
Father: Benjamin O Cooper
Mother: Arty E Roe
Notes: Jun 1937: Name listed as W C COOPER
Source: Social Security Applications & Claims Index
Preceded in death by one son, B W Cooper; and two brothers, Weldon Oscar and Delano Wayne Cooper]
(Hood County News, August 1998)
Married: Mary Louise Scott 30 Aug 1946. They were divorced 5 Dec 1988 in Hood County, Texas. Parents of at least five children.
W.C. "Dub" Cooper
GRANBURY - W.C. "Dub" Cooper, 77, a retired automobile body repairman, died Tuesday, August 11, 1998, at a Fort Worth hospital. Graveside service: 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Granbury Cemetery in Granbury.
W.C. "Dub" Cooper was born January 18, 1921, in Granbury. He served in the Navy during World War II. Mr. Cooper opened the first automobile paint and body shop in Granbury in 1945. He was a member of First Christian Church.
He was preceded in death by a son, B.W. Cooper, and two brothers, Weldon Cooper and Wayne Cooper.
Survivors: Wife, Irene Cooper of Granbury; daughters, Cheryl Cooper Ogle and Debbie Cooper Hightower, both of Comanche, Cindy Cooper Ganske of Fort Worth, Carole Cooper Smith of Goldthwaite, Gwen Mills of Fort Worth and Joyce Perry of Little Rock, Arkansas; sisters, Bobbie Vining of Brownsville, Jeanne Armstrong of Odessa and Joyce Durham of Mineral Wells; 19 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Wiley Funeral Home Granbury, (817) 573-3000.
(source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - 13 August 1998 - p.6)
Parents: Benjamin Oscar Cooper [1894 – 1973] and Arty Evaline Roe [1900 – 1989]
Veteran of World War II. Served in the United States Navy. Served aboard the USS Ute which participated in Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns: Aleutians Operation: Attu occupation, Okinawa Gunto Operation and Iwo Jima Operation
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Name: W C Cooper
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 18 Jan 1921
Birth Place: Grandbury Ho, Texas
Death Date: 11 Aug 1998
Father: Benjamin O Cooper
Mother: Arty E Roe
Notes: Jun 1937: Name listed as W C COOPER
Source: Social Security Applications & Claims Index
Preceded in death by one son, B W Cooper; and two brothers, Weldon Oscar and Delano Wayne Cooper]
(Hood County News, August 1998)
Married: Mary Louise Scott 30 Aug 1946. They were divorced 5 Dec 1988 in Hood County, Texas. Parents of at least five children.
W.C. "Dub" Cooper
GRANBURY - W.C. "Dub" Cooper, 77, a retired automobile body repairman, died Tuesday, August 11, 1998, at a Fort Worth hospital. Graveside service: 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Granbury Cemetery in Granbury.
W.C. "Dub" Cooper was born January 18, 1921, in Granbury. He served in the Navy during World War II. Mr. Cooper opened the first automobile paint and body shop in Granbury in 1945. He was a member of First Christian Church.
He was preceded in death by a son, B.W. Cooper, and two brothers, Weldon Cooper and Wayne Cooper.
Survivors: Wife, Irene Cooper of Granbury; daughters, Cheryl Cooper Ogle and Debbie Cooper Hightower, both of Comanche, Cindy Cooper Ganske of Fort Worth, Carole Cooper Smith of Goldthwaite, Gwen Mills of Fort Worth and Joyce Perry of Little Rock, Arkansas; sisters, Bobbie Vining of Brownsville, Jeanne Armstrong of Odessa and Joyce Durham of Mineral Wells; 19 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Wiley Funeral Home Granbury, (817) 573-3000.
(source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - 13 August 1998 - p.6)
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