Age 73, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Saturday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Leonard Reimer, Pastor of Faith Bible Church officiating. Sergeant Cooper died Wednesday in a Lawton hospital. Burial with full military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. He was born July 26, 1936 in Sweetwater, Tennessee to Alfred D. and Mamie S. (Isbill) Cooper. He married Margaret Jane Lones on December 18, 1960. He was retired from the US Army, having served in Vietnam. While in the service he earned the following awards: the National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Commendation Medal w/60 device, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry w/palm, Good Conduct Medal 4th award and 2 Overseas Service Bars. After his military career he was a computer operator. He was a Mason, member of the Masonic Lodge 183, where he was Chaplain Emeritus, a Shriner and a Lifetime Member of the Disabled American Veterans. He is survived by his wife Margaret of the home, a son, Matthew Cooper and wife Erynn of Lawton, daughter Jennifer Clark and husband David of Lawton, grandchildren Sean Cooper of Arlington, TX, Anthony Bennett and wife Brittany of Dallas, TX, Timothy Cooper of San Antonio, TX, Benjamin Clark, D.J. Clark, Ella Jane Cooper, April Clark, daughter-in-law, Deborah Roberts and husband Benny, sister Rose Akers of Gary, IN, three great grandchildren, Kameron, Bryleigh and Kaleb and eight nephews and two nieces in Indiana. He was preceded in death by his parents, son Gregory Cooper, two sisters, Marie and her husband Don Hisick, and Joyce Ismael Mendoza, brother Roy Cooper and a brother-in-law Donald Akers. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607, the American Diabetes Association, 3000 United Founders Blvd. suite 110, OKC, OK 73112-4279 or the charity of the donors choice.