Funeral services for CMSgt (Retired) Jackie A. Cooper, 87, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 14, 2026, at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Gore Boulevard.

There will be refreshments provided by the church prior to the beginning of the church services.

A graveside service with full military honors will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Family will greet friends on Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Jackie Cooper was born on February 2, 1939, to June and Florence Cooper in Picher, Oklahoma. Jackie moved to Globe, Arizona then to Sunnyvale, California where he spent his formative years. At the age of 18, Jackie enlisted in the United States Air Force where he would spend the next thirty-one years and achieve the rank of Chief Master Sergeant.

Assignments while in the Air Force included Japan, Thailand, and Germany with temporary assignments to Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and England. Stateside assignments included California, Texas, Michigan, Idaho, Illinois, Florida, Alaska, and Louisiana. While stationed in Michigan, he met and married the love of his life, Cynthia Millette, who was his partner in life for sixty-two years.

After retirement from the Air Force, he worked on Fort Sill for four years before returning to school and receiving his teaching credentials from Cameron University. He taught Social Studies at Lawton High and Eisenhower Middle School before retiring for good in 2004.

Jackie and Cynthia have three children: Jay, Jeffrey, and Susan. He is also survived by eight grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Jackie was a natural leader whose strength of character, steady presence, and charismatic spirit earned the admiration and respect of everyone who had the privilege of knowing him. Deeply loved by his family and cherished by countless friends, he leaves behind a legacy of warmth, loyalty, and kindness, and he will be missed by all.