Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Fairfield Recorder newspaper


Billy Edward "Frog Man" Cooper

Funeral services were held last weekend for Billy Edward "Frog Man" Cooper, 55, 
who died Monday, March 30 at his residence in Waco.

Mr. Cooper was born on July 19, 1952. He was a graduate of Tech high school in 
Fort Worth and served in the United States Navy from 1973 to 1979. Mr. Cooper 
owned his own stained glass shop in Orange County, California for six years 
before moving to Teague and later to Waco in 1991. He was employed as a long 
distance truck driver with Crete Trucking Company.

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, at Bowers Funeral Home in 
Teague with Jack McDaniel of Cedar Creek Baptist Church officiating.

Burial followed at Union Cemetery with an honor guard from the United States 
Navy.

Mr. Cooper is survived by mother Edna McCauley and husband Herman of Teague; 
daughter Jessica Zoe Hulter and husband Daniel of Parkville, Maryland; 
grandchildren Rebecca Jane and Daniel Robert Hulter; the mother of his daughter
Rose Vodery of Felton, California; and half-brother Billie Joe Cooper, Jr. of 
Corpus Christi.

He is preceded in death by father Billie Joe Cooper and his maternal and 
paternal grandparents.

Arrangements by Bowers Funeral Home of Teague.

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Teague Chronicle - April 10, 2008

BILLY EDWARD (FROG MAN) COOPER

Funeral services for Mr. Billy (Frog Man) Cooper were held on Saturday, April 5, 2008, 
at Bowers Funeral Home. Interment followed the service at Union Cemetery near 
Freestone with an honor guard from the United States Navy. Bro. Jack McDaniel of 
Cedar Creek Baptist Church officiated.

Mr. Cooper passed away on March 30, 2008, at his residence in Waco, Texas. He was 
born on July 19, 1952. He graduated from Tech High School in Fort Worth and served in 
the United States Navy from 1973 until 1979. Mr. Cooper was a very talented man and 
owned his own stained glass shop in Orange County, California for six years. He moved 
to Teague in July of 1991 and then moved to Waco later that same year. He was currently 
employed by Crete Trucking Co. as a long distance truck driver.

Mr. Cooper is survived by his mother, Edna McCauley and husband Herman of Teague; 
his daughter Jessica Zoe Hulter and husband Daniel of Parkville, Maryland; two 
grandchildren Rebecca Jane Hulter and Daniel Robert Haulter; the mother of his daughter 
Rose Vodery of Felton, California; his half brother Billie Joe Cooper, Jr. of Corpus 
Christi; other relatives and friends.

Mr. Cooper was preceded in death by his father Billie Joe Cooper and his maternal and 
paternal grandparents.

Please visit our website at www.bowersfuneralhome.net to sign the memorial guestbook 
or to leave a message for the family.

Bowers Funeral Home of Teague was in charge of the arrangements.