VIRGIL N. "SONNY" COOPER JR. 69 OF McINTYRE, OHIO WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD AND HIS BELOVED PARENTS, REV. VIRGIL L. AND MARY EVELYN WEST COOPER SR. TUESDAY JAN. 20, 2004 IN TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER WEST. VIRGIL WAS BORN JULY 28, 1934 IN McINTYRE, WAS A PROTESTANT BY FAITH, MEMBER OF SHAFFER CHAPEL AME CHURCH IN McINTYRE, WHERE HE WAS PRESIDENT PROTEM OF THE TRUSTEE'S BOARD, WAS A GRADUATE OF WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, WAS A RETIRED BOAT CAPTAIN "THE EDISON QUEEN " FOR THE FIRST ENGERY CORP., W.H. SAMMIS PLANT IN STRATTON, A MEMBER OF THE SMITHFIELD SR. CITIZENS, THE AARP IN DILLONVALE, SERVED ON THE EXCUTIVE BOARD OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WAS A TILLER OF THE LAND, AND A HANDYMAN. VIRGIL'S LIFE'S PASSIONS WERE HIS FAMILY, HIS FAITH, HIS FLOWERS AND HIS FARMING. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, THE HOMEGOING SERVICES OF HIS BROTHER, JOHN DAVID COOPER SR. AND THREE SISTERS, ORA PAULINE BANKS, LELIA MADDEN AND RUTH SMITH PRECEDED HIS. TO CHERISH HIS WONDERFUL MEMORY HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 49 YEARS, CAROL L. CHRISTIAN COOPER, TWO SONS; TERRENCE L. COOPER SR. OF ORVILLE, OHIO, VIRGIL N. (SUNNY TSENG) COOPER III. OF PASADENA, CALF., FOUR DAUGHTERS; DARLENE M. COOPER OF SMITHFIELD. ROBIN ( ALLEN ) COOPER MUNTZ OF FLUSHING, OH., RHONDA J. COOPER AND JODY (WALTER) COOPER-SIMPSON BOTH OF McINTYRE; A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW; MRS. KAREN DOBZYNSKI COOPER, FIVE GRANDSONS AND SEVEN GRANDDAUGHTERS; THREE GREAT GRANDSONS; ONE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, AND ONE SOON TO BE. HE WAS LOVED BY ALL HIS FAMILY BUT SHARED A SPECIAL BOND WITH HIS SURVIVING BROTHER; WALTER P. ( SHARON ) COOPER OF RAYLAND. HIS BLESSINGS INCLUDED FIVE SISTERSWHO ALSO SURVIVE HIM; LOIS IONE ATKINS, KATHLEEN WEST, MARY ANN (LOUIS ) SMITH,NANCY ( RICHARD ) DALTON AND GLORIA COOPER, AS WELL AS A MULTITUDE OF NEPHEWS, AND NIECES WHO DEARLY LOVED UNCLE SONNY. FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE FAMILY ON THURSDAY EVENING JAN. 22,AT THE J. E. FOSTER FUNERAL HOME, INC. 107 HILL ST. SMITHFIELD,FROM 7 - 9 PM. IN ADDITION THERE WILL BE A BRIEF VISITATION OF ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE 1:00 PM. SERVICE ON FRIDAY. REV. MADONNA GRAY WILL OFFICIATE. THERE WILL BE NO GRAVESIDE SERVICES. TO SEND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY ONLINE GO TO: www.jefosterfh.com1-800-557-4318

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