Ann "Lou" Louise Coppock

Ann, affectionately known as "Lou", was born in Savoy, Texas to parents Arthur and Flora Hicks. She was their second daughter. Her father worked as a famer and eventually moved the family to Crescent, Oklahoma to work for the railroad. It was here that she spent most of her young life and graduated from Crescent High School in 1950.

Louise was proud that she had mastered the typewriter at an early age. She graduated from Draughn School of Business after high school. Lou took those skills she learned at Draughn and in 1959, she began her career at Tinker Air Force Base. She had the distinction of providing secretarial services to the Base Commanders.

Louise met Roy "Jack" Coppock, her life companion. They were married on November 18, 1960. They resided in Midwest City, Oklahoma all their lives. In 1978, Louise retired from Tinker AFB. She and her husband Jack spent most of their retirement at Lake Eufaula (Brooken Cove) or their Midwest City residence.

Louise and Jack were also members of the Southwest Baptist Church in south Oklahoma City. She was very active in the Church's Bible College and provided mentoring and support for many students. Lou truly loved the students and the students truly loved her.

Lou was a kind soul that never had an enemy. She loved to experiment cook, play cards and dance. She was very organized and upbeat about life and what it had to offer. She and Jack loved to entertain friends. In 1967 she took on the role of mother to 3 teenage kids and made them her own. She was a friend and a mother. Family was important to Louise. She loved her family.

Ann Louise was preceded in passing by: her parents, Arthur and Flora Hicks; her third sister, Norma Jean (1937); step-daughter, Trina Strain (1982); the love of her life and husband, Roy Jack Coppock (2-24-2017); and her older sister, Frances (2017) and husband Shorty of Kansas.

Louise is survived by: her sister, Juanita and husband Bill of south Oklahoma City; nieces, Terry and husband Tim of OKC, Robin of OKC, Debbie and husband Nick of Florida, and Linda and husband Gary of Kansas.

Louise is also survived by: her step-son, Larry and wife Falonda of OKC; step-son, Ron of OKC; grandsons, Shawn of OKC, Michael and wife Caitlin of Edmond, OK, Andy and family of St. Louis, Chase and wife Ava of Seoul, South Korea, Koran of OKC, John and family of Texas; granddaughters, Leah and husband Chris of Kentucky, Tara and family of Yukon, April of OKC; 3 great-granddaughters, Amber, Samantha and Lily; 4 great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews that love and miss her very much.

A celebrations of "Lou's" life will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 30, 2022 at the Bill Eisenhour Northeast Chapel with entombment to follow at the Arlington Memory Gardens Mausoleum.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.eisenhourfuneralhome.com for the Coppock family.