Larry Paul Cooper

Funeral services honoring the life of Larry Paul Cooper, age 68, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 29, 2024, located at Pinecroft Baptist Church, 8002 Jewella Ave, Shreveport, LA 71108. Officiating the service will be Rev. Steve Petty, minister of Pinecroft Baptist Church. Honoring Larry as pallbearers will be Bert Maness, Michael Sweet, Caleb Cooper, Dave Nelson, Steve Owens, James Owens, and Gordon Willingham. Interment will follow the service at Philadelphia Cemetery in Magnolia, Arkansas. The family will receive friends for visitation from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 28, 2024, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Drive, Shreveport, LA 71118.

Larry Paul Cooper, a native of Shreveport, Louisiana passed away on July 25, 2024. A talented musician, artist, and lover of music, he started his musical journey at the age of 14 with a set of drums from Santa. He quickly became a legend…in his mind! Larry, his best friend and brother, Michael (Chynx) along with his friend, Joey Womack formed the local heavy blues rock band on New Years Eve in 1979. They quickly became a Shreveport legend.

Larry is survived by his mother, Hattie Frances Cooper; brothers, Michael Ray Cooper and Jesse Wayne Cooper; sister, Elizabeth Willingham; nieces, Aleya Cooper, Georgianna Willingham, and Jayden Cooper; nephews, Derek Cooper, Caleb and Cole Cooper, Bradford and Winston Willingham, and Elliott Vucinovich. He was preceded in death by his father, Cletus Ray Cooper (2001); nephew, Alexander Bradford Cooper (2016), and his beloved mutt, Boris (2003) who tragically lost his life in a car accident.

Larry was a loyal friend, brother, and son who enjoyed telling tall tales and making people laugh. The “funny knothead” and “joke telling fool” will be forever loved and missed.