MASTER SERGEANT TIM COOPER | RETIRED US ARMY VETERAN

Tim (Buckie) Cooper of Jasper, Texas, was born on January 26, 1955, to Beatrice Brooks and J.C. Cooper.

Tim graduated from Jasper High School in 1973, attended Prairieview A&M, and later joined the United States Army. Tim retired from the United States Army as a Master Sergeant.

On July 19, 1974, he married the love of his life and high school sweetheart, Willie Faye Hafford. He was a proud husband and father to four children: Angela (Damon), Taquonda, Tim Jr., and Kenesha. He was a beloved grandfather to 13 grandchildren, Emari, Evonne, Eboni, Courtnie, Amber, Elijah, Hunter, Jude, Klya, Roderick, Kooper, Nasir, and Drake, and one great-grandchild, Kali Rose

Tim was preceded in death by his grandparents, J.C. Brooks and Mary Moss, and Jink Cooper and Jimmy Lee Criswell; parents, Beatrice Brooks Johnson and J.C. Cooper; brother, Kim Cooper; and sister, Ola Jean Middleton.

Tim is survived by his beautiful wife, Willie Faye Cooper; four children, Angela (Damon), Taquonda, Tim Jr., and Kenesha; sisters, Patricia Williams, Sharonda Cooper, and Gloria Swan; brothers, Lennard Johnson (Robbie), Bobby Johnson (Regina), J.C. Cooper, Jr., Dametrice Cooper (Brenda), Terrence Cooper, Derrick Cooper, Patrick Cooper, Joseph Cooper, and Joe Keith Cooper; mother-in-law, Charlene Hafford; sisters-in-law, Mamie Cooper, Doris Cade, and Beverly Cauley (Curtiss); brother-in-law, Raymond Hafford (Peadrice); and a host of nieces and nephews.