Grady F. Cope

Altus Times (OK) - Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Grady F. Cope, 81, of Hollis, died at Harmon Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the Hollis Church of Christ. Officiating will be his brother-in-law, Dr. Carl Brecheen of Abilene, Texas. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery under the direction of Patterson Greer Funeral Home.

He was born Feb. 12, 1923, in Gould to Charlie and Myrtle Cope. He married Jane Brecheen on Nov. 30, 1947. He graduated from Gould High School and from a seed analyst school in Ames, Iowa.

He was a seed analyst for 15 years for the Motley Seed Company, Postmaster in Hollis for 15 years, and worked for the Department of Transportation for 15 years. His hobbies including growing roses and taking care of his manicured lawn.

He was a World War II veteran and a POW for more than a year. He was very patriotic. He was baptized in March, 1948 and was a deacon in the Hollis Church of Christ for many years until his health failed and he had to resign. One of the highlights of his life was baptizing his granddaughter, Courtney, on July 16, 1989.

He is survived by his wife, June of Hollis; one daughter, Janna Robinson and her husband, Ed, of Yukon; one granddaughter, Courtney Robinson of Irving, Texas; one grandson, Carter Robinson and his wife, and one great-granddaughter, Bentlee, all of Weatherford. He is also survived by two sisters, Clara Moore, of Lufkin, Texas and Shirley Von kelly of San Manuel, Ariz. and several nieces and nephews.

- Altus Times (OK) March 17, 2004, Grady F. Cope Obituary, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/15CE7FC84160A940-15CE7FC84160A940 [subscription required] : accessed 9 April 2021)