Alpha Olivia Martin

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name: Alpha Olivia Cooper
event: Death
event date: 21 Dec 1970
event place: Jasper Nursing Center, Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
birth date: 24 Apr 1887
birthplace: , Texas
father's name: Benjamin (sic) Franklin Martin
mother's name: Mary Elizabeth Jordan
informant R L Cooper, son
Cemetery Jacks
certificate number: 89433
film number: 2218970
digital folder number: 005145888
image number: 02697
Collection: Alpha Olivia Cooper, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"

Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas
March 5, 1964
[Excerpts of the column written by Virgie Collier Speights]

Mrs. Alpha Martin Cooper, who soon will be 77 years old, is in feeble health and has had a peck of trouble, but still has spunk and feels she also had a bushel of blessings.

The daughter of William Franklin and Mary Elizabeth Jordan Martin, she was born in a log cabin which was soon replaced by a huge double-penned, hand hewn log dwelling with wide hall and front and back porches, which was within two miles of where she has lived all her life, except for a brief scurry into West Texas in search of greener pastures.

With seven boys and six girls, the Martins, who were trying to wrest a living from the reluctant land, needed every hand....As soon as she was old enough, Mrs. Cooper was picking cotton alongside her older brothers and sisters...

Her parents were born in the area in which they lived, but their parents had come from Mississippi. Her grandparents were Thomas Jefferson Martin and Rebecca Richardson on her fathers side, and Lewis Jordan and Josephine Letney on her mothers side...(she was schooled) in a one-room log building, called Pleasant Grove located near Pineland, which is still standing. Her teachers included Lena Williams, a sister of the late Sim Williams, Tom Sutton and a Mr. McLanahan. James Scott Cooper, whom she married on 28 May 1905, attended the same school.

Alpha married James Scott Cooper on 29 May 1905 in Sabine County, Texas. James (son of James Amberson Cooper and Amelia Elizabeth Jacks) was born on 12 Jan 1883 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Apr 1963 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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name: Jewel Nerren
event: Death
event date: 10 Sep 1973
event place: Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States
gender: Female
marital status: Married
birth date: 12 Dec 1906
birthplace: Pineland, Texas
father's name: Jim Scott Cooper
mother's name: Alphea Martin
certificate number: 103554
Informant T L Nerren (husband)
Cemetery Magnolia Woodville Texas
film number: 2242963
digital folder number: 005145939
image number: 01012
Collection: Jewel Nerren, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976"

Family/Spouse: Thomas Lee Nerren. Thomas was born on 25 Jul 1892 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; died on 8 Aug 1974 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joy Ada Cooper, Elmore Eugene Cooper and Laverne Lucille Cooper share a triple marker at Jacks Cemetery in Sabine County, inscribed "Our Darlings."

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In 1964 he was living in Austin.

Notes:

Could this be the James Otis Cooper (25 Sept 1911-13 Apr 2006) on the SSDI whose last residence was Boerne, Kendall County, Texas? Very likely as in 1964 he was living in nearby San Antonio. There are also Otis Cooper's, born in 1911 and 1912 who died in Pampa and Humble. Noted that first name may have instead been spelled ODIS.

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Obituary

Mr. Ruby Lee Cooper, 94, of Vidor, TX. formerly of Pineland, TX., died June 13, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, TX. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Starr Funeral Home Chapel in Hemphill, TX. at 2:00 P.M. with burial in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, TX. Visitation will be at Starr Funeral Home, Friday, June 15, from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Mr. Cooper was a native of Pineland, TX., a member of Church of Christ, a U.S. Army Veteran and a member of Sabine County VFW Post. Survivors: Sisters: Blanche Armstrong of Vidor, TX., Floy Mae Cooper of Vidor, TX., Sisters-in-law: Clarice Cooper of San Antonio, TX., Earlene Cooper of Corpus Christi, TX., Erma Cooper of Cedar Park, TX., numerouse nieces and nephews. Starr Funeral Home 511 Starr Street Hemphill, Texas 75948 (409) 787-3331

From Beaumont Enterprise June 16, 2007
As shown on Webpage linked on Ancestry.com


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name: Ruby Lee Cooper
event: Birth
event date: 07 Jan 1913
event place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas, United States
gender: Male
father: James Scott Cooper
mother: Alpha Martin
certificate number: 2284
digital folder number: 004136864
image number: 00118
Collection: Ruby Lee Cooper, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"


US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name Ruby L Cooper
Birth Year 1913
Race White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country Texas
State of Residence Texas
County or City Sabine

Enlistment Date 16 Oct 1942
Enlistment State Texas
Enlistment City Tyler
Branch Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade Private
Grade Code Private
Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Civil Life

Education Grammar school
Civil Occupation Unskilled sawmill occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status Single, with dependents
Height 70
Weight 126

Notes:

In 1964, he was living in Port Arthur.

Notes:

Joy Ada Cooper, Elmore Eugene Cooper and Laverne Lucille Cooper share a triple marker at Jacks Cemetery in Sabine County, inscribed "Our Darlings."

Notes:

As of 2007, she was a resident of Vidor.

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Her tombstone is inscribed "Sister."

Notes:

Joy Ada Cooper, Elmore Eugene Cooper and Laverne Lucille Cooper share a triple marker at Jacks Cemetery in Sabine County, inscribed "Our Darlings."

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In 1964, he was living in Port Arthur.

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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.

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In 1964, he was living in Houston.