NAME: DORTHA FAYE (SMITH) COOPER, AGE 74, OF TUSHKA, OK.

BORN: OCTOBER 10, 1922 AT IDABEL, OK TO CHARLIE DEBOIS AND LILA MAE (CECIL) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1996 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 74 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WAPANUCKA AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1940. MARRIED: LUTHER DANIEL COOPER ON AUGUST 9, 1941 AT MCALESTER, OK. OCCUPATION: CLERK FOR WOOD BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE, HOUSEWIFE AND TEACHER'S AIDE FOR ATOKA SCHOOLS, MOSTLY AT MAMIE JOHNSON ELEMENTARY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF HARMONY HOMEMAKERS AND WORTHY MATRON OF OHOYOHOMA CHAPTER 1 OF EASTERN STAR. SHE ENJOYED BLUEGRASS FESTIVALS, TRAVELING, CRAFTS, AND QUILTING. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: LUTHER COOPER OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. SONS: DANNY COOPER AND WIFE JUDY OF TUSHKA, OK. GARY COOPER AND WIFE DONNA OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: COLLIN COOPER OF TUSHKA, OK. CHANCE COOPER OF TUSHKA, OK. STEVE COOPER OF TUSHKA, OK. DANNA COOPER OF TUSHKA, OK. SHERRI MCCOY AND HUSBAND GARY OF ATOKA, OK. RICKEY L. BOWEN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PAM TAYLOR AND HUSBAND NEIL OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ALICE BOWEN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SCOTT BOWEN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. ROBBY MCCOY OF ATOKA, OK. CHEYENNE BOWEN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SISTER: CLARA FAYE CATHEY AND HUSBAND THAD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHER: BERNARD SMITH AND WIFE TOMMIE OF ADA, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: MARY SMITH OF ADA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLIE (SEPTEMBER 1, 1967) AND LILA MAE SMITH OF ADA. BROTHERS: MELVIN DEBOIS AND CHARLES LLOYD SMITH.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1996 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ TUSHKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HAVENER. CASKETBEARERS: COLLIN COOPER, RICKEY LEE BOWEN, STEPHEN COOPER, LACEY COOPER, HENRY COOPER JR., DON WILLS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MACK STOBAUGH, ALBERT COOK, AMOS SPILLMAN, VERNON MCCLURE, WILLIS CAMPBELL, AL MELTON, STAN JENSEN, JIM SPENCE.