January 19, 1932 January 2, 2025
Kenneth Dean Cooper, 92, of Shelbyville, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2025, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center with visitation beginning at 1:00 p.m. Military honors graveside service followed at Wimberly Cemetery in Huxley.
Born January 19, 1932, in Shenandoah, Iowa, Kenneth is the son of Elmer Cooper and Nea Andrews Cooper. He served in the United States Air Force, retiring after twenty-one years of service. Kenneth was a member of Toledo Bend Baptist Church in Huxley.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Cooper; daughters, Evelyn Enequist and husband, John, of Essexville, Michigan and Carolyn Fulton and husband, Mark, of Bonanza, Oregon; son, William Cooper and wife, Elaine, of Orlando, Fla.; stepdaughters, Sarah Boyter of Longview and Brenda Lawson of Spring; stepson, Carl Fletcher of Houston; 22 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by stepsons, Donnie Fletcher and Ronnie Fletcher; and stepdaughter, Cathy Fletcher.
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