Mr. Dustin Martin Cooper, in his 40th season, left this life for a life eternal on Saturday, October 15, 2011 from Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Dustin was born in Fallon, Nevada on June 8, 1971, where he attended Churchill County High School, graduating with the Class of 1989.
After spending his formative years there, he moved to Oklahoma and has been an area resident since then.
Mr. Cooper gained employment with Haliburton Energy, where he was a Field Supervisor. He was a member of the 183 crew for the last six years.
Dustin loved his family, loved being a father and loved children. His pasttime was spent enjoying motorcycles, hunting and fishing. He was a horse lover "whisper" and a self-proclaimed "rapper", always trying to perform and entertain his closest family, comical at best.
Dustin was a good, loving man and will be dearly missed by his loving family and was preceded in death by his father.
He leaves in God's care; his wife, Shannon Cooper, of the home in Webbers Fall, Oklahoma; his sons, Taylor Ritchie, Little Rock, Arkansas and Hunter McNeely, Webbers Fall; his daughters Taylor McNeely, Webbers Fall, Kendra Ritchie and Kirsten Ritchie, both of Fallon, Nevada; his mother, Debbie Amaral, Fallon, Nevada; his brothers, Shawn, Derek, Scott, Cord, Cooper, and Conagher; his sisters, Cathy, Nani, and Tapanga; his beloved dogs, Mr. Magoo, Slim Shady and Elwood; along with other relatives and friends.
The Hour of Remembrance for Mr. Cooper will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 10:00 A.M. in the Assembly of God Church of Webbers Fall. Burial will follow in the McClain Cemetery at Webbers Fall.
You may visit Dustin, as he slumbers in peaceful repose at the funeral home in Muskogee on Friday from 10 AM until 6 PM.
Casket bearers will be Taylor Ritchie, Dakota Osmond, Hunter McNeely, Herbie Smith,
Seth Mowrey, Garret Smith, Shawn Cooper and Scott Cooper.