Rex Lon Cooper

Rex Lon Cooper (and his beloved twin sister 'womb-mate' Remarize ("Sissy")), were accidentally and prematurely born in Los Angeles, California on March 19, 1924 on a business trip of their father's with mother accompanying. Thereafter of course they "got back to Texas as fast as they could". He was raised in Waco and then College Station where he met his bride of almost 66 years Cynthia Ann Lancaster. They graduated from A&M Consolidated High School. Rex's subsequent education at Texas A&M and the Corps of Cadets was interrupted by World War II where Lt. Cooper served in the Army Air Corps as flight engineer and third pilot on a B-29 bomber (at 6'6" he was too tall for fighters - coincidentally his older brother Bill was assigned as group lead navigator on the same airplane). Fortunately the war ended as they were headed into action in the Pacific theater. In 1947 he graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in Business Administration and married Cynthia on the evening of August 30 of the same year with family and friends outdoors under a full moon on the side of her College Station family home. He then went to work in the transportation industry first with Bell Transportation and then made his career for 25 years as Executive Vice President and co-owner of Atlas Truck Line in the oil field equipment transportation business which eventually operated over one hundred tractor-trailer trucks. Along the way he and Cynthia also raised five children. Whenever anyone asked how he was doing he invariably had the same answer: "Never had it better!" - and "If I don't see you again 'down here' I'll see you 'up there!'" After retirement he spent the remainder of his life in service to family, church and friends. He was a long time member and deacon of Berachah Church under Pastor 'Colonel' R.B. Thieme, Jr. and then West Houston Bible Church under Pastor Robbie Dean, Jr. After slowly declining for several years following a moderate stroke in 2006, on the afternoon of January 23, 2013, nearing the age of 89 years, he quietly stole away into eternity in the home that he and wife Cynthia first provided for their family in 1960. He was a man large in spirit and character as well as stature. He simply did his duty all his life to God, family, job and country. We very much look forward to seeing him again through Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is preceded in death by parents William Tyre Cooper of Post Oak Community, Stephens County, Texas, and Virginia LaFaye Dyer Cooper of Steiners Valley, Hill County, Texas; brothers James Lee (died in infancy) and William Tyre Cooper, Jr.; twin sister Remarize LaFaye Flynt; and nephew Thomas Younger Flynt III. He is survived by wife Cynthia, five children, Rex Lon Jr; Robert Roy; Bruce Tyre; Cynthia LaFaye; and Susan Marie Loy; grandchildren Brian Andrew Cooper, Brandon Collier Cooper, Daniel Diaz, Christopher Carter Loy, Jr., and Sonja Marie Loy; and great granddaughter Samantha Renee Cooper - as well as extended family and nieces and nephews. 1. Burial is 11AM Saturday February 2, College Station City Cemetery, 2530 S Texas Ave, 77840. Pastor Mike Smith of Country Bible Church, Brenham, Texas, officiating. 2. Service is 1PM Sunday February 3, West Houston Bible Church, 1450 West Sam Houston Pkwy N Houston, TX 77043, Pastor Robert Dean officiating. In lieu of flowers, please favor donations to West Houston Bible Church. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:31 "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." I Corinthians 15:26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar. --Crossing The Bar Alfred Lord Tennyson one of Dad's favorite poems & and many thanks to Beresford Funeral Service, Houston, Texas http://www.thepinebox.com/obituaries/Obit.html?id=106355 MOTHER'S OBITUARY - http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Cynthia-Ann-Lancaster-Cooper-101871158