We were very sorry to see Pete had passed away. My parents were good friends for many years.(Lewis & Ruth Vineyard) Fred and I played a little basketball on the same team, many years ago. Our thoughts and prayers are with your whole family .

Family Nick Name

We enter this world with a given name

Understanding our parents will take the blame.

As we go through life it is apt to change.

Usually because our peers notice the fun exchange.

How about Samuel who passed down his nickname?

A name that no one may ever know from which it came.

There could be a reason why we can connect the two.

It gives us a way to know grandpa, who we never knew.

If he was full of life with a big heart and a friend to all,

Thank you dear uncle for showing us our family's call.

So never underestimate your impact on earth as being discrete-

Just go ask the eternal legacy that bares the nickname -Pete.

By

Sharon L. Cooper-Lyons

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS 1920

Cleona Cooper

[Cleona Rutherford] Spouse:Samuel Pete Cooper

Birth:abt 1886 - Missouri Residence:1920 - Macon , Macon, Missouri

WILL BE SENDING A CONDOLENCE OR POEM THIS EVENING FOR THE FUNERAL OF KENNETH COOPER. PLEASE EMAIL US A COPY OF THE OBITUARY.

WE HOPE THE FAMILY WILL FORGIVE US FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO COME. WE FEEL BAD. BUT OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU. WE CANNOT EVER KNOW WHAT OUR SITUATION IS WHEN GOD CALLS OUR LOVED ONES. BUT THE BEAUTY OF GOD'S PROMISE IS ----WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER IN PEACE AND ETERNITY. UNTIL THEN, THE ETERNAL CANDLE STAYS LIT HERE ON EARTH THROUGH A MIRACLE OF LIFE CALLED A "LEGACY."

FROM YOUR BROTHER FREDERICK COOPER'S FAMILY

WE LOVE YOU

EMILY, FREDA, SHARON, AND ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.

PLEASE READ

I will always remember the times I helpped grandma and grandpa in the big garden as a child. Watching grandpa cleaning the fish on the patio. Grandpa always had a basket ball or football game on. He is the man that got me interested in the grat games. Grandpa Cooper I will truely miss you. you were the only grandfather I ever knew.