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Earl Thomas Cooper, Jr.

February 19, 1941 — June 25, 2017

Earl Thomas Cooper, Jr.
Earl Thomas Cooper, Jr., 76, of Orange, passed away on June 25, 2017.

Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Milner of Calvary Baptist Church in West Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in West Orange.

Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Center, Texas, on February 19, 1941, he was the son of Earl Thomas Cooper, Sr. and Edith LaNell Rhames Cooper. Earl worked for many years at Excavators and Construction in Beaumont. He recently worked for Arceneaux Wilson and Cole LLC. He enjoyed working and was a very hard worker. He devoted all of his life to his loving wife, Ruth Ann and his three girls. He enjoyed having grandkids and great-grandkids. He enjoyed life and never met a stranger. He was also very humble and kind. Earl will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his loving wife of 55 years, Ruth Ann Cooper; and his brother, Phillip Cooper.

He is survived by his children, Deborah Cooper McHugh and her husband Timmy of Highlands, TX, Becky Cooper Byley and her husband Roy of Woodville, TX, and Pam Cooper Toney and her husband Rory of Orange, TX; his grandchildren, Mac McHugh and his wife Kadi of Baytown, TX, Josh Franz and his wife Ashley of Silsbee, TX, Jenny McHugh Clement and her husband Zach of Mont Belvieu, TX, Wayne Byley of Woodville, Hayley Toney of Orange, and Brooke Byley of Woodville, TX; his great-grandchildren, Graci, Emma Cake, Hadley, Bryce, Ashlynn, Devon, Charlie Claire, and Cash; his siblings, Doris Jones and her husband Harry of Orange, TX, Prentice Cooper and his wife Kim of Conroe, TX, Helen Allen and her husband Monk of Beaumont, TX, and Linda Burkhalter and her husband Danny of The Woodlands, TX..

Serving as pallbearers will be Rory Toney, Roy Byley, Timmy McHugh, Mac McHugh, Josh Franz, Wayne Byley, Prentice Cooper, and Zach Clement.
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Service Schedule

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Visitation

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

2:00 - 3:00 pm (Central time)

Claybar Funeral Home Orange

504 5th Street, Orange, TX 77630

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Funeral Service

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Starts at 3:00 pm (Central time)

Claybar Funeral Home Orange

504 5th Street, Orange, TX 77630

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Burial

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Starts at 4:30 pm (Central time)

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