Pat Cooper

Patricia “Pat” Jewel Cooper, 78, of Silsbee, died Sunday, October 15, 2023. She was born on March 13, 1945, in Wynn, Arkansas, to Evelyn Cochran Jacobs and A.D. Jacobs.

Survivors include her husband of sixty years, L.W. “Red” Cooper; children, Nubbin Cooper and his wife, Shelly; Steve Cooper; Gaylynn Gibson and her husband, Stanley; Jason Cooper and his wife, Marie; and Erica Singletary and her husband, Joe, all of Silsbee; grandchildren, Brandon McKinney and his wife, Candace; Dustin Gibson and his wife, Jessica; Jamie Gibson and his wife, Ashley; Anthony Cooper; Somer Cooper; Heidi Gibson; Carli Sumner and her husband, Aaron; Whitney Heinicke and her husband, Leon; Wesley Cooper and his wife, Nina; Marli Ferguson; and Mikayla Ferguson; great-grandchildren, Tinsleigh Cooper, Hayden Cooper, Landen Gibson, Reid Gibson, Lexi Gibson, Landon Soileau, Sophie Soileau, Trace Garrett, Trent Garrett, August Gibson, Syrus Gibson, Jax Thornton, Zachary McKinney Carson McKinney, Ariana Singletary, Cooper Singletary, Adley Singletary, Hank Sumner, and Hazel Sumner (coming in December); siblings, Diane Carrier and her husband, Bo; Barry Jacobs and his wife, Brenda; Tony Jacobs and his wife, Renee; and Tammy Caballero; First Pentecostal Church of Silsbee Church Family and many other friends and extended family.

She is preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Jerry Jacobs, Terry Jacobs, Sandy Barber, and Faye Holden.

A gathering of Mrs. Cooper’s family and friends will begin at 5:00 p.m., with her funeral service at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at First Pentecostal Church, 1420 North 5th Street, Silsbee, under the direction of Broussard’s, Silsbee. Her interment will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 19, 2023, at Hardin Memorial Park, Silsbee.