Obituary: Hobart Sidney Cooper
Hobart Sidney Cooper, 81, of Saulsbury, passed from this life early Tuesday morning, June 10, 2025, at Bolivar General Hospital.
Hobart was born at St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis to the late Dallas Benjamin Cooper and Mamie Shearin Cooper and lived his entire life in Hardeman County. He attended Saulsbury Elementary School and then Grand Junction High School where he graduated.
After school was completed, Mr. Cooper began trying to find his happy place in his long working career, beginning with roofing houses with his good friend, Red Burnette. Then, he worked at the fiberglass plant in Grand Junction, followed by several years with Somerville Mfg. Company. He then began driving a truck and that was it! Hobart then took a short break to do carpentry work with Jimmy Harrison before returning to trucking with Alpha Chemical. Also, his last adventure was with Mr. Spence Wilson managing Wilson Retreat. Somehow, during all this time, he found enough time to build a house for him and his wife.
Services were held at Shackelford Funeral Home on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 2 p.m. in Middleton with the burial in the Ramer Cemetery.
Hobart married Linda Krannichfeld, who survives, on June 11, 1965. They have one son, Sidney Alan Cooper (Wendy) and one granddaughter, Dallas Rowyn Cooper. He also leaves two brothers-in-law, Charles Krannichfeld (Bett) of Grand Junction and Gary Krannichfeld of Saulsbury; five nieces, Angela Cancino (Lucio), Sherry Krannichfeld, Amanda Moore (Steve), Wendy Keller, and Jessica Krannichfeld (Michael Gannon); and several great-nieces and nephews.
Mr. Cooper was a Christian and Baptist in faith. As a young man, he joined the Masons, moved onto the Scottish Rite, and eventually became a Shriner. He enjoyed fishing and hunting with his son, Sid, and several of their friends. Mr. Cooper liked to play the guitar, and laughing and joking with famiiy and friends. Also, he loved taking his granddaughter, Rowyn, for rides in their buggy. A gifted storyteller, he loved visiting and talking with others. Memorials may be sent to The Angelman Syndrome Foundation or The American Cancer Society.
Courtesy of Shackelford Funeral Directors, Bolivar, Tennessee.
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