Jack Edgar Coop, 66, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2012. He was born in Hope, Arkansas on July 26, 1946 to Merlin and Mary Helen (Fiscus) Coop. He attended First United Methodist Church in Little Rock; he was a teacher and taught for the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Jack was a Triathlete, and a marathon runner and was also an Arabian Horse Judge and avid sports fan including the Arkansas Razorbacks and Thoroughbred Horse Racing.
He is survived by his son, Griffin Coop (Elizabeth Fortune) and Griffin's mother Martha Coop of Little Rock, AR; sister, Carole Swope (Loyd) of Lincoln, AR; nephews, Martin and Patrick Swope, and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 6 in the Chapel of Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct, Little Rock, AR 72205 (NW Corner of I-630 and Barrow Rd). Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 723 Center Street, Little Rock, AR 72201.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, (501)224-2200. Mr. Coop's online guestbook may be signed at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com.
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