Marvin Dwain Cooper

1927 - 1994  (67 years)

• Name	Marvin Dwain Cooper  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	30 May 1927	Pineland, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Jul 1994	Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas   [3, 4]
  Notes	In 1964, he was living in Port Arthur. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VH8W-ZWT name: Marvin Dwain Cooper event: Birth event date: 30 May 1927 event place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas, United States gender: Male father: James Scott Cooper mother: Alpha Oleavy Martin certificate number: 34862 digital folder number: 004687383 image number: 00896 Collection: Marvin Dwain Cooper, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935" OBITUARY Marvin Dwain Cooper Marvin Dwain Cooper, 67, of 2446 Duff Drive, Groves, died Tuesday, July 19, 1994. Funeral services were held Friday at the chapel of Clayton Thompson Funeral Directiors Inc in Groves with Tony Ripley officiating. Interment followed at Greenlawn Cemetery. Born May 30, 1927, in Pineland, he was a longtime resident of Jefferson County as was a retired supervisor from Texaco with 40 years service. Cooper was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: wife, Berdie Marie Cooper; two sons, Ronnie Cooper and Randie Cooper, both of Groves; a daughter, Roxie Cooper Phelps; four brothers, R. L. "Rube" Cooper of Pineland, Otis Cooper of San Antonio, Doyle Cooper of Corpus Christi, Elton Cooper of Pt. Arthur; two sisters, Floy Mae Cooper of Pineland and Blanche Armstrong of Vidor; and seven grandchildren. The Sabine County Reporter, July 27, 1994, Page 9.
  Person ID	I41876	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	James Scott Cooper,   b. 12 Jan 1883, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 11 Apr 1963, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Alpha Olivia Martin,   b. 23 Apr 1887, Sabine County, Texas ,   d. 21 Dec 1970, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas  (Age 83 years)
  Married	29 May 1905	Sabine County, Texas   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  	Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas March 5, 1964 Excerpts of the column written by Virgie Collier Speights [Alpha had hinted to her mother that she might soon be wed]...but her mother said she'd never give consent, so Mrs. Cooper said she had no choice but to slip off...she managed a brand new white leghorn hat.....also wrangled a brand new white dotted Swiss dresss, at 12 cents a yard.....[but didn't getting new white shoes, after her sister pointed out to her 'you haven't had the black ones long, if anyone gets new shoes, it should be me.'] [On the day they eloped]...Miss Martin kited over an 8-rail high back fence, and scooted down the road by the creek...Scott came driving up in his surrey, we went to the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mrs. and Mrs. Will Bradshaw in Brookeland, where a J.P., Will Berryman, was waiting to perform the ceremony. "We set up housekeeping nearby, but about 20 years later rumors of $18 a day lured us to West Texas to pick cotton...we just stayed for two years. Wages were high all right, but so was living."
  Family ID	F12534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 May 1927 - Pineland, Sabine County, Texas Died - 19 Jul 1994 - Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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