08-Melvin Reeder "Reed" Cooper
Birth: 24 Sep 1892, Halfrock, Mercer Co, MO
Death: 16 Jan 1963, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA- age 70
Burial: Halfrock Cemetery
Military: Draft Registration for WW1, medium build & height, dark blue eyes, light brown hair
Occupation: SSN: 560-07-5702/CA
Mother: Sarah Ellen 'Sadie' Garriott

Marriage: 4 Jul 1916
1st Spouse: Ella Mae GLIDEWELL
Birth: 30 Dec 1896, Sullivan Co, MO
Death: 5 Nov 1961- age 64

Father: Andrew Monroe Glidewell (1865-1935)

Mother: Ella D Smith (1862-1942)

    1ST MARRIAGE: Reed and Ella had two children:
09----KATHRYN MAYLENE COOPER [b. 30 Aug 1917], m. Charles W MARTIN on 5 May 1940, had two children:
09----KENNETH MELVIN REEDER COOPER [b. 16 Oct 1919, Grundy Co, MO; d. 24 Apr 1989, Los Angeles, CA- age 69], SSN: 566-03-7495/MO?, m. Gladys PETRIE on 26 Nov 1943, had three children:
     Kenneth second married Joanne HYATT on 13 Jan 1962.

Marriage: 15 Jun 1948, CA

2nd Spouse: Letha DAVIS (cemetery records).

     CENSUS:

     1920 Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS census:​ has (all b. MO) Reeder Cooper 27, Laborer-Oil Refinery; Ella Cooper 27; Kathryn Cooper 2; and Kenneth Cooper 3/12,
     1930 Gardenia, Los Angeles Co, CA census: has (all b. MO) Melvin Reeder Cooper 37, Pipe Fitter-Oil Field w/ $2,500 RE; Ella M Cooper 37; Kathryn M Cooper 12; and MR Kenneth Cooper 10.
     1940 Inglewood, Los Angeles Co, CA census: has (all b. MO) Melvin R Cooper 47, Pipe Fitter-Mechanic with Tamanah? Oil Company; Ella May Cooper 47; Kathryn M Cooper 22, Waitress-Restaurant; and Kenneth MP Cooper 20, Painter's Helper-Airplane Industry.

​     1963 OBITUARY: s/o William Windsor & Sara E (GARRIOTT) COOPER. h/o Letha (DAVIS). Melvin Reed Cooper, Laredo, died at 3:30 Thursday morning at Mercy hospital, Des Moines.
     Mr Cooper was born Sep 24, 1892, in Mercer County, near Half Rock. He was the son of William Windsor and Sara E (Garriott) Cooper. On July 11, 1948, he married Letha Davis. Surviving are his wife and one son, a daughter; three stepdaughters; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Middough, Spickard; six brothers, Frank Cooper, Trenton; Johnny Cooper, Spickard; Gale Cooper, Marion, Ia.; Jake Cooper, Alburnett, Ia.; Albert Cooper, Great Bend, Kan.; Oral Cooper, DeSoto, Kan.
     He was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers. He was a member of the Half Rock Baptist Church. He was a retired pipefitter for Shell Oil Company. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Laredo Baptist Church. The Rev KW Peery will officiate. Burial will be in the Half Rock cemetery under the direction of the EJ Robertson Funeral Home at Laredo.

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