Gary Lynn Cope

Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled services for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20th at Southside Baptist Church with Dr. Mike Lawson & Rev. Billy Norris officiating. Burial will follow in McDonald Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.

Gary, the son of Jewel “Juber” Cope & Willie Louise Gray Cope, was born April 17, 1952, in Lamar County, TX.

He graduated from Roxton High School. For a few years he helped several farmers and loved farming. Gary then began working at Uarco for a number of years and later at Dealer’s Wholesale Electric, where he retired.

He was a longtime, faithful member of Southside Baptist Church where he had been a greeter. Gary was a member of the Masonic Lodge. He was an avid sports fan and loved being around people.

His parents, Juber & Louise Cope and his father-in-law & mother-in-law, Vernon & Margie Fields, preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia Fields Cope, whom he married on Nov. 24, 1982, a son, Kevin Nimmo & wife Mona, a daughter, Hope Hughes, a grandson who was the light of his life, Jagger Hughes, seven siblings, Martha Roach & husband Thomas, Cheryl Fields & husband Benny, Kathy Ballard & husband Dewayne, Debbie Wood & husband William, Steve Cope & wife Beverly, Barry Cope & wife Tina, and Mike Cope along with several aunts & uncles, numerous nieces & nephews and a host of friends.

He will forever be missed by a large, loving family and a multitude of friends. Go rest pain free at last.

The family requests that memorials be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 2222 Wellborn St., Dallas, TX 75219, or the American Cancer Society, 250 Williams St., N.W., Atlanta, GA 30303, or the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231.