Kern County Obituaries

A.T. �Jack� Cooper 

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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July 21, 1922 � Feb. 21, 2005

A.T. �Jack� Cooper passed away on Feb. 21. He was born July 21, 1922 in Taft and 
graduated from Taft High School. He was a 50-year member of the Taft Masonic 
Lodge and recently received the Golden Veterans Award from the California Grand 
Masonic Lodge. 

Jack served in the Army during World War II. 

He spent his life being a loving husband for 62 years to his wife, Edith Stewart 
Cooper, as well as a devoted father and grandfather.

He started his working career with Richfield Oil Co. in Taft. He and his family 
spent 20 years in Alaska, where he worked for Coastal Drilling and Parker 
Drilling Co. 
Upon their return to Kern County, Jack worked for Berry Holding Co. before 
retiring. He and Edith spent 18 years of retirement in Brookings, Ore. and then 
returned to Bakersfield.
Jack was preceded in death by the love of his life, his wife Edith, his son 
Wesley Ross Cooper and his daughter Gloria Jean Marston.

He is survived by his son A.T. �Chris� Cooper and daughter-in-law Dianne, with 
whom he lived in Stallion Springs. He is also survived by his grandchildren: 
Connie and husband Rick Cormier of Slidell, La.; Tim and wife Michele Cooper of 
Bakersfield; Keely Cooper and fianc� Loren Williams of Arlington, Texas; Teena 
and husband David Steele of Union, Ore.; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-
grandchildren; sisters Evelyn and husband Art Radar of Grants Pass, Ore., and 
Jeanne Cooper of Los Angeles; and sister-in-law Betty O�Brien of Taft.

As to Mr. Cooper�s wishes, there were no services.

Cremation arrangements were handled by Wood Family Funeral Services.