Darnell Eugene "Gene" Cooper^{[1, 2]}

1926 - 2007  (81 years)

• Name	Darnell Eugene "Gene" Cooper
  Born	18 Feb 1926
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	District 5, Knox County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	19 Mar 2007  [4]
  Buried	23 Mar 2007	Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I297147	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	15 May 2015

  
  

  Father	Rev. Claude Esco Cooper,   b. 6 Dec 1896, Tennessee ,   d. 10 May 1976  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Ida Belle Jones,   b. 1904, Tennessee ,   d. 1985  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F116242	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Zella Sue
  Children	+ 1. Marilyn Yvonne Cooper
  Family ID	F116247	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 17 Mar 2011. Shirley Ann (Cooper) Fagg obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 15 Aug 2000. Carson C. Cooper obituary [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Eugene Cooper Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Civil District 5, Knox, Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Age: 14 Marital Status: Single Race (Original): white Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Relationship to Head of Household: Son Birthplace: Tennessee Birth Year (Estimated): 1926 Last Place of Residence: Rural, Knox, Tennessee Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Claude E Cooper Head M 42 Tennessee Ida Bell Cooper Wife F 35 Tennessee Verlin Cooper Son M 18 Tennessee Carson Cooper Son M 16 Tennessee Eugene Cooper Son M 14 Tennessee Kyle Cooper Son M 8 Tennessee Leon Cooper Son M 0 Tennessee [S115] Mynatt Funeral Home, (http://ynattfh.net), 19 Mar 2007. Darnell Eugene GENE COOPER, went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on March 19, 2007, was born February 18, 1926. Preceded in death by mother, Mrs. Ida Bell Cooper and Father Rev. Claude Cooper, four brothers, Verlin, Carson, Kyle and Leon Cooper. Survived by wife, Zella Sue Cooper, daughter, Marilyn Ramsey, two grandchildren, Tami Snow and Darin Ramsey, three great grandchildren, Devon, Madison and Daniel, sister Shirley Fagg. Service, 1:30 p.m., Friday, Tennessee Veteran Cemetery; Lyons View Pike. East Tennessee Veteran Honor Guard providing honors. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Mynatt Funeral Home Fountain City [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 72045666).