Funeral services for Thomas "Tommy" Delois Cooper, Jr., 81, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 1815 Marshall St., Shreveport, Louisiana. A visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the service time. Burial will follow at Bethsaida Cemetery in Many, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Reverend Scott Ethridge of the Healing Place.
Tommy was born on September 11, 1940 in Converse, Louisiana to Thomas Delois Cooper, Sr. and Julie Mae Cooper and passed away Monday, November 15, 2021 in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Tommy was a proud and loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He enjoyed fishing and loved sports, especially LSU.
He is preceded in death by his parents; sister, Helen Musgrove and brother, Donald Cooper. Left to cherish his memory are his daughters, Paula Chillog and husband, John and Melinda Sanderson and husband, Ray; sons, Dennis Cooper and Stephen Cooper and wife, Heather; grandchildren, William "Trey" Butler and fiancé, Carrie, Bryan Butler and wife, Stacy, Brittney Reno, Sarah Jones, Jared Lytle, Emily Lytle, Alyssa Sanderson, Gabe Sanderson, Daniel Cooper, Gage Cooper, Chase Cooper and Kristi Tackett and numerous great-grandchildren.
Honoring Tommy as pallbearers will be William Butler, Bryan Butler, Stephen Cooper, Ray Sanderson, John Chillog and Bobby Williford.
The family would like to express a special acknowledgement to Bobby and Phyllis Williford.