Joner B. (“J.B.”) Cooper

HIS STORY...

MR. JONER B. COOPER WAS BORN ON AUGUST 11,1939 IN MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS TO THE LATE JONAH AND EULA BEAL COOPER.

JULY 15,1966, HE MARRIED MARY LOUISE ISLAND, TO THIS UNION 2 CHILDREN WERE BORN, RICKY L. COOPER AND SEAN B. COOPER.

MR. COOPER WORKED FOR 32 YEARS FOR THE ELKHART STREET DEPT AS A SUPERVISOR PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT. HIS HOBBIES WERE FISHING, WATCHING OLD WESTERNS AND COOKING OUT FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS LOVED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

ON NOVEMBER 16,2025, HE GAINED HIS WINGS IN HIS HOME SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, 6 SISTERS, 7 BROTHERS, 1 DAUGHTER: LINDA MCBRIDE, 2 SONS: LC COOPER, JAMES COOPER, AND 1 GRAND SON: RICKY HINES-COOPER.

MR. COOPER LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES: HIS WIFE OF 59 AND 1/2 YEARS, 2 SONS: RICKY [ERICA] COOPER, SEAN [TONI] COOPER OF ELKHART IN; 3 DAUGHTERS: ALICE WILLIAMSON OF MCNEIL,  AR; RITA [BUDDY]  WILLIAMSON OF MESQUITE TX; JOYCE COOPER OF DALLAS TX; 3 SISTERS: CHRISTINE ROSE OF MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS; EULA FAYE [TERRY] MCDANIELS OF WALDO, ARKANSAS; FANNIE [STAN] BARHAMS OF OSCEOLA, IN; 1 BROTHERS RICHARD COOPER OF SAN ANTOINO, TX; 23 GRANDCHILDREN: TAMIKA HINES-COOPER, QUENTIN HINES-COOPER, BRAYLEN COOPER, BRIANNA HINES-COOPER, SHERRELL GATES-COOPER, RICHE" GRAY-COOPER, SEAN COOPER JR., JYRRON COOPER, JASMINE LANGON-COOPER, DRAYLEN COOPER, ALICE ANETTE SHERMAN, ELIXIS SCOTT, ANTHONY WILLIAMSON, TERITA MONET WILLIAMSON, BEEJAY WILLIAMSON, WYATTRICK WILLIAMSON, IMANI MALLORY, JAMARR COOPER, SHANNON KIRKENDOLL, SHELDON KIRKENDOLL, TRAVELLE COOPER, MALIK COOPER, TERRELL MCBRIDE AND 62 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM.

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