Funeral services for Randolph G. Cooper Sr. will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Rev. Ravon Rainey officiating. Visitation prior to services from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to A.M.E. Church - Butler. Online condolences, www.schowengerdtchapel.com.
Randolph Garfield Cooper, age 92 of Butler, Missouri died Friday, October 8, 2010 at Hidden Lake Care Center in Raytown, Missouri. He was born February 14, 1918 to Garfield and Rosetta Palmer Cooper in Dunlap, Kansas.
Randolph is survived by two sons, Randolph “Sonny” Cooper Jr. of Kansas City, Missouri and Artie Cooper and wife Pat of Grandview, Missouri; a sister, Marie Atkins of Grandview, Missouri; a son-in-law, James Burton of Butler, Missouri; 15 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; and a host of nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Helen; two sons, Nathan and Frank; two daughters, Linette Cooper and Elenora Burton; four brothers, Carl, A.B., LeRoy and Nathaniel; and four sisters, Georgia Anderson, Thelma Smalley, Edna Ragland and Adell Burton.
