NAME: WALTER EARL COOPER, AGE 92, A TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1923. cooper,walter02 BORN: JANUARY 3, 1913 AT HAVANNA, AR TO WILLIAM DALTON AND DELLA FLORENCE (ELLIOTT) COOPER. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2005 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 92 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS EDUCATION: WALTER ATTENDED ARKANSAS SCHOOLS UNTIL THE AGE OF 10 WHEN HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO TUSHKA. HE WAS A 1931 GRADUATE OF TUSHKA HIGH AND ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS TEACHING DEGREE. HE THEN RECEIVED HIS MASTER'S DEGREE FROM OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: INEZ G. HOLCOMB ON MAY 15, 1935 AT ATOKA, OK. SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. OCCUPATION: WALTER WAS A LIFELONG EDUCATOR, COACH AND WAS TUSHKA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOR 29 YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND LONGTIME RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER AND DEACON OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND FORMER MEMBER AND DEACON OF TUSHKA AND BOGGY DEPOT BAPTIST CHURCHES. HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF RURAL WATER DISTRICT #2, AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE GIDEONS, AND LONGTIME MEMBER AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE LIONS CLUB. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: MARSHA GRIFFIN AND HUSBAND BRICKIE OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDSONS: TRACEY GRIFFIN AND WIFE CHRISTI OF TUSHKA, OK. TRENTON GRIFFIN AND WIFE JENNIFER OF TUSHKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JACI GRIFFIN, HAYDEN GRIFFIN, AND LANDON GRIFFIN OF TUSHKA, OK. BROTHERS: LUTHER COOPER AND WIFE BILLIE OF ATOKA, OK. JOHN COOPER AND WIFE AUDREY OF JAL, NM. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: INEZ COOPER. PARENTS: WILLIAM AND DELLA COOPER SISTER: JOHNNIE POOLE BROTHER: HENRY COOPER

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2005 AT 11:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. DON HAZELL. ASSISTING: DR. STEVE HAVENER. CASKETBEARERS: LACEY COOPER, HENRY COOPER, JR., DANNY COOPER, GARY COOPER, JERRY O. HALL, LA FRAY STACKHOUSE, ROY BYRD, JIM OSTEEN FAMILY NIGHT ~ NONE.