Obituary of William Lafayette Cooper, Dunn, Richland Parish, LA, 
as published in the Richland Beacon-News, Saturday, July 19, 1919.

Submitted by Sheryl Cooper Bassi




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W. L. Cooper, of Dunn, Dies Suddenly

	Mr. William L. Cooper, age 69 years, planter and prominent 
citizen of Dunn, died suddenly last Monday night at his home from 
heart failure.  He had just prepared to retire and was about to give 
his son, who was ill, a dose of medicine, when the fatal stroke came.  
The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon under the auspices of the 
Masonic Lodge, of which fraternity he was a leading and lovable member 
for many years.  The interment was in the Carpenter graveyard, near Dunn.  
The deceased leaves a wife, four sons, Messrs. Authur, Ben, William, 
and Tom Cooper, and two step-daughters, Mrs. Mollaire, of Vicksburg, 
and Mrs. Dean, of Natchez, to mourn his loss.  One of the sons, Tom 
Cooper, is still with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, and 
won the Croix de Guerre for bravery.
	Mr. Cooper was one of the leading citizens not only of his community, 
but of the Parish of Richland, and well and favorably known throughout 
North Louisiana, and enjoyed the esteem and friendship of a large circle 
of friends in the State.  He was one of the most charitable of men and 
best of neighbors and friends.  He was the ideal husband and father, and 
lived a life that was exemplary in every particular.  It was our good 
fortune to share a place in his circle of admiring friends and it is with 
poignant regret that we record his death.  It will be a long time before 
Richland parish will find one to take the place made conspicuously vacant 
by his absence.  He was restlessly energetic and always agitating matters 
that he believed would be promotive of the public good.  He was loyal to 
his community and parish, and never missed an opportunity for aiding in their 
advancement.  He entered in everything which he deemed for the public good 
with the whole heart and soul, and always enjoyed the full confidence and 
esteem of all who knew him.  Those who knew him best entertained for him 
the greatest affection.
	The Beacon-News bows its head in sorrow with the members of the bereaved 
family and offers the homage of its respectful and profound sympathy.