William Arthur Cooper Sr. 1926–2002

Result: NULL - no obituary for him (other men only).

Result: Report saved (Death/Find-a-Grave/William Arthur Cooper Jr. (1951-2016) [166072195].yaml): Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Section 55 Site 1147; inscription 'Proud Veteran Beloved Son And Brother 23 Psalm' - no 'husband' or 'father' on the stone (not proof of no children); panel = parents only; Ancestry box empty.

Result: Veterans' Gravesites: Private First Class, US Army, Vietnam; Ft. Sam Houston, Section 55 Plot 1147; relative = himself only. Suggested: Find a Grave index, Texas Birth Index, Public Records Index 1950-1993 vol 2 (1732/129895523, not opened), BIRLS, School Yearbooks 'Arthur Coo..' (not opened), Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection 2190/500928150 = a DIFFERENT William Cooper (Gulfport, Florida, d. 25 Mar 2016).

Result: LEAD ONLY: birth index 'Spencer Oakes Cooper', b. 1 Oct 1986, Travis Co., parents 'William Arthur, Marian Ruth' - not tied to William Jr (no marriage of a William A. Cooper to a Marian found; the only 'Marian' row is William Dean Cooper x Marian Frances Forbau, Dallas 1966). Marriage index: William A Coopers b. abt 1946-1949 (Midland, Tarrant, Travis, Collingsworth) and William A Cooper III b. abt 1956 (Randall) - none fits a man b. 1951 in Hays Co. / of San Antonio. Not resolved.

Result: No records; one tree, 'Angela Satterwhite Neal Family Tree' (163749189, person 312214152088): b. 19 Dec 1951 Hays Co., d. 25 Mar 2016 'New, Braunfels', burial San Antonio; parents William Arthur Cooper and 'Francis Ruth Cochran'; a PRIVATE (living) spouse/partner and one private child. Its 'U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection' source is 'William Cooper', age 65, b. abt 1951, d. 25 Mar 2016, obituary place Gulfport, Florida - probably a DIFFERENT man (Find a Grave gives William Jr d. 20 Mar 2016), so the tree's private family may belong to that attachment. A weak lead only; its Newspapers.com Obituary Index source not opened.

Result: (a) FOUND, hits 1 and 2: Legacy.com (San Antonio Express-News, 22 Dec 2002) and herald-zeitung.com 'Obituaries for Dec. 22, 2002' - the same obituary -> [J.522]. (b), (c) NULL - first page only other people.

Result: NOT INDEXED there - one result, James A. Cooper Jr. of Clarendon.

Result: NOT HELD - 0 results.

Result: FOUND: TX birth certificate [F.331]; birth index; 1950 Nueces Co. [D.737]; SSACI (d. 27 Nov 2002, parents Carl C Cooper, Carrie L Cullins); public records New Braunfels / Canyon Lake 1990-1996. A second 1950 'William A Jr Cooper' (Denton, son of William H) is a different man.

Result: GTL1-NG3 William Arthur Cooper, 5 Jul 1926 Ranger - 27 Nov 2002 Comal Co., Texas; parents Carl Clay Cooper and Carrie Lorraine Cullins. No spouse or children on the profile.

Result: No obituary for him; the 2 hits are other men (William Edward 1938-2007; William W. Jr. 1939-2023).

Result: No obituary for him or Frances. COVERAGE: the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung did not appear among the Texas papers returned for these dates (San Antonio Express-News, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Victoria Advocate, Abilene Reporter-News did) - so the null is scoped to those papers.

Result: No obituary for William Sr (2002), Frances (2016) or William Jr (2016); all hits were other people.

Result: Both at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Section 55 Site 1148; each family panel lists only son William Arthur Cooper Jr (1951-2016). Kay (b. 1948) is not linked on Find a Grave.