Steven Wesley Cooper

Of Calico Rock & Little Rock, Arkansas

Steven Wesley Cooper, son of the late Raymond W. Cooper and Houstine Bean Cooper, was born March 25, 1949 in Batesville, Arkansas. He departed this life August 9, 2020 in Calico Rock, Arkansas at the age of 71 years, 4 months and 15 days. He was united in marriage to Beth Peck May 28, 1969 in Fayetteville, AR

After high school in Altus, OK, he attended University of Arkansas Fayetteville and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering. He went on and finished his Masters in Business Administration at University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. Steven spent his life as a loving son, brother, husband, uncle, provider and friend. Throughout the years he served on the Tennessee Board of Trade, Cottonseed Oil Producers Association and was a past president of the Helena, Arkansas Chamber of Commerce. He was employed as engineer at Proctor & Gamble Buckeye Cellulose in Memphis; Engineer/Manager of Bayer AG Helena Chemical Co., Helena, AR; Head Engineer of Helena Chemical, Memphis, TN; CEO of Jr Food Mart, Inc., Fordyce, AR; CEO of Osceola Products Company and Jack Tyler Engineering in Little Rock, Arkansas, retiring in December 2019. He was of the Presbyterian faith.

Steven is survived by his wife of 51 years: Beth Peck of the home; his mother: Houstine Cooper of Northwest Arkansas; one brother: Charles Cooper of California; one sister: Terry Lee of Northwest Arkansas; numerous nieces, cousins and a host of other relatives and many good friends. He was preceded in death by his father Raymond W. Cooper; his paternal grandparents John W. & Mary Julia Broughton Cooper and his material grandparents Sherman Isie Bean & Ruby Holton Bean.

Delayed Celebration of Life Service for later Fall. All memorials to Spring Creek Cemetery, First National Bank of Izard County, Calico Rock, AR 72519

Arrangements by Eddie's Family Funeral Home in Calico