Ray Cooper (1912 - 1984)

Born 29 Feb 1912 in Lafayette, Arkansas, United States

Died 28 Jun 1984 at age 72 in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Ray Cooper was born on Feb 29, 1912 in Lafayette, Arkansas, USA.

He died on Jun 28, 1984 in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA (Vicksburg Medical Center; Age at Death: 72). ^[1]

When he was 27, he married Alpha Mae Jordan, daughter of James Albert Jordan and Eula Jane Martin, about 1940.

Ray Cooper lived in Rural, West Carroll, Louisiana in 1935. He lived in Police Jury Ward 5, East Carroll, Louisiana, USA in 1940 Marital Status: Married.

Military Registration: Oct 16, 1940 in Lake Providence, East Carroll, Louisiana (28 Age: 28). ^[2]

He lived in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA in 1950; Marital Status: Married. Race: (White)

He was buried in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA (Antioch Baptist Cemetery).

Ray Cooper and Alpha Mae Jordan had the following child:

1. Shirley B Cooper was born in 1942 in Louisiana, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ [https://www.newspapers.com/article/vicksburg-evening-post-obituary-for-ray/138300034/ Obituary for Ray Cooper)
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Ancestry.com, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Louisiana, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147. Record for Ray Cooper. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2238&h=14790863&indiv=try.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25613923/ray-cooper: accessed 28 January 2023), memorial page for Ray Cooper (29 Feb 1912–28 Jun 1984), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25613923, citing Antioch Baptist Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Martha (contributor 46981928).
• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYR1-TTY : Tue Nov 28 12:02:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Ray Cooper and Mae Cooper, 1940.
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMC-93XC : Thu Oct 05 19:10:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Ray Cooper and Altha Mae Cooper, 5 April 1950.