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James Henry Cooper

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James Henry Cooper Veteran

Birth
Death
6 Jun 1958 (aged 48)
Texas, USA
Burial
Ralls, Crosby County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Subdivision 7, Lot 46, Space 5
Memorial ID
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RALLS (Special) - Funeral services for James Henry Cooper, 48, Hobbs, formerly of Ralls will be conducted at 3 p.m. here today.

Services will be in the chapel of Carter Funeral Home with the Rev. Marvin Fisher, Lorenzo Methodist minister, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Tommy Allen, pastor of the First Baptist church of Ralls. Nephews will be pallbearers.

Burial will be in the Ralls Cemetery.

Cooper died instantly Friday when a 16-gauge shotgun discharged in a hunting accident near here. He was struck in the neck. He was found lying in a field on the farm of a brother-in-law, C. M. Woodard, about 20 miles southeast of here.

An inquest verdict of accidental death was returned by Justice of the Peace, W.H. Nickson of Crosbyton. Woodward, a Crosby county farmer, said he found Cooper lying in the field, a trouser leg caught in a fence.

Survivors include his wife; a son, James; and a daughter, Linda; four brothers, T.A., W.A. and D.O., all of bloomington, Calif., and A.B. of Dodson, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. T.R. Smallwood, Muleshoe, and Mrs. C.M. Woodard, Ralls.

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Shotgun Blast Is Fatal To Hunter

RALLS (Special) - A 48 year old Hobbs man died instantly Friday afternoon when a 16-gauge shotgun discharged into his neck as he fell while hunting near here.

James Henry Cooper, formerly of Ralls, was found lying in a field on the farm of his brother-in-law, C.M. Woodard, about 20 miles southwest of here.

Woodard said he became concerned about Cooper after the latter had been missing from the Woodard home several hours and went in search.

Caught in fence

The Crosby County farmer said he found Cooper lying in the field, a trouser leg caught in a fence and the gun lying nearby. He theorized his brother-in-law had been hunting coyotes. A coyote call was found on the body.

Cooper had been in the process of moving to Idalou from Hobbs. He had been visiting the home of his sister and brother-in-law to make some arrangements for the move.

An inquest verdict of accidental death by shooting was returned by Justice of the Peace W. H. Nickson, Crosbyton.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Carter Funeral Home here, but services probably will be held in Ralls.

Survivors include the wife and a son and daughter, all of Hobbs; four brothers and two sisters.

He was a Veteran.

RALLS (Special) - Funeral services for James Henry Cooper, 48, Hobbs, formerly of Ralls will be conducted at 3 p.m. here today.

Services will be in the chapel of Carter Funeral Home with the Rev. Marvin Fisher, Lorenzo Methodist minister, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Tommy Allen, pastor of the First Baptist church of Ralls. Nephews will be pallbearers.

Burial will be in the Ralls Cemetery.

Cooper died instantly Friday when a 16-gauge shotgun discharged in a hunting accident near here. He was struck in the neck. He was found lying in a field on the farm of a brother-in-law, C. M. Woodard, about 20 miles southeast of here.

An inquest verdict of accidental death was returned by Justice of the Peace, W.H. Nickson of Crosbyton. Woodward, a Crosby county farmer, said he found Cooper lying in the field, a trouser leg caught in a fence.

Survivors include his wife; a son, James; and a daughter, Linda; four brothers, T.A., W.A. and D.O., all of bloomington, Calif., and A.B. of Dodson, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. T.R. Smallwood, Muleshoe, and Mrs. C.M. Woodard, Ralls.

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Shotgun Blast Is Fatal To Hunter

RALLS (Special) - A 48 year old Hobbs man died instantly Friday afternoon when a 16-gauge shotgun discharged into his neck as he fell while hunting near here.

James Henry Cooper, formerly of Ralls, was found lying in a field on the farm of his brother-in-law, C.M. Woodard, about 20 miles southwest of here.

Woodard said he became concerned about Cooper after the latter had been missing from the Woodard home several hours and went in search.

Caught in fence

The Crosby County farmer said he found Cooper lying in the field, a trouser leg caught in a fence and the gun lying nearby. He theorized his brother-in-law had been hunting coyotes. A coyote call was found on the body.

Cooper had been in the process of moving to Idalou from Hobbs. He had been visiting the home of his sister and brother-in-law to make some arrangements for the move.

An inquest verdict of accidental death by shooting was returned by Justice of the Peace W. H. Nickson, Crosbyton.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Carter Funeral Home here, but services probably will be held in Ralls.

Survivors include the wife and a son and daughter, all of Hobbs; four brothers and two sisters.

He was a Veteran.



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