Obit of Cope, Anna Aline Morgan - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 03 Sep 2006 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Red Hill Cemetery--Hammon OK Surnames: Cope, Finks, Morgan, Tipppens, Edwards, Kiehn, Harris, Allen, Troncale, Dodson Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6820 Graveside services for Anna Aine Cope were conducted Monday July 3, 2006 from Red Hill Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home of Elk City with Brother Roy Dewees officiating. Anna Aline Cope was born February 14, 19114, at Colter in Custer County to Estelle (Jinks) and Carl Morgan. Aline grew up and attended Moorewood schools. After high school graduation, she moved to Elk City cooking and cleaning for the Herrings. Saving enough money, she went to beauty school in OKC and then returned to Western Oklahoma. Aline married Houston M . Cope on Apirl 11, 1942, in Elk City. With this marriage, she inherited instant motherhood since Houston had one youhg daughter, Linda in the home and two grown children, Fern and Francis. To Aline and Houston's union one daughter was born, Mary Ann. Aline owned and operated a beauty shop in Hammon until Houston's job as Division Manager for Kimball Milling Co. moved him to Seymour and then to Woodward. She worked for TG&Y in Woodward until 1978, when she and Houston retired and moved back to Elk City. Houston died in 1980 leaving Aline with time to fill. She worked at the Elk's Lodge and Moose Lodge, and took care of Mrs. Hoover. She always enjoyed working in the yard and fed any stray cat or dog in the vicinity. She particularly took pleasure in feeding and watching the birds in her back yard. Aline's father, Carl Morgan was a Baptist preacher at Moorewood for many years. She attended a Baptist church wherever she lived, the last being the Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City. In 2001, Aline moved to the Cheyenne Nursing Home until its closing last summer. She then moved to the Cordell Christian Home until the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her husband, Houston; three brotherss, Hayden Morgan, Kenneth Morgan, and Warren Morgan; four sisters, Pat Tippens, Imogene Edwards, Nadine Kiehn, and Lottie Harris; one son, Francis Cope, one son-in-law, James Allen; and one grandson, Dale Cope. Survivors include daughters Mary Ann Troncale and husband Charlie of Houston, Linda Dodson and husband Sam of Hammon, and Fern Allen of Chickasha, 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and a host of family and friends. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to the Cordell Christian Home. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 6-Jul-2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html