Subject: Coop.Paul.J.1999.Cumberland-Taylor.OBIT Paul J. Coop January 20 1999 Cumberland-Taylor County KyArchives Obituaries CKNJ, date unknown Paul J. Coop, 83, of Bell Ave., Campbellsville, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999 in Campbellsville. Son of the late O.F. Coop and Dora Jones Coop, he was born in Cumberland County, Ky., on July 8, 1915, and was a member of Campbellsville Christian Church, where he served as a deacon, elder and chairman of the board. Coop was a teacher and coach at Campbellsville High School from 1939 to 1963, and was Kentucky high School Coach of the Year in 1959. He was principal at Campbellsville High School from 1957 to 1965 and superintendent of the Campbellsville Independent School System from 1965 to 1978. He was married to Sara Barger on June 5, 1939, who survives. Other survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Sharon Coop of Chapel Hill, N.C.; one daughter, Anne Murray of Bowling Green; five grandchildren, Lee Anne Murray of Nashville, Tenn., Susan Murray of Charlotte, N.C., Kristina Gordon of Providence, R.I., Kelli Coop and Daniel Paul Coop of Chapel Hill, N.C.; and two sisters, Hazel Neeley of Burkesville, and Robbie Swanson of South Shore. Submitted by: Debbie Dicken http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001158 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/