Billy Cooper (Coop) Has Passed Away

[sirepair]

Met Coop at Moonshine, what a character! Infectious laughter abounded whenever he was around. I loved the way he picked on Breann!

Gone too soon. Ride on, my friend...

 

[peterz]

Coop you will be missed by many! Met him at Moonshine. RIP MARINE!!

 

[W0QNX]

Coop was a great guy to sit and talk with every time we met. I'm sure he's serving up some real good shaved ice on the beach now.

 

[Paul]

Aw shucks, Rest in Peace my Texas friend. Dang, you will be missed by many.

Memorial tomorrow in Lubbuck. "The family of Billy Cooper will celebrate his life of 75 years at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers."

One more day notice and I could make it, really hate to miss this one, Ill miss him. Semper Fi Coop.

Tom

This picture captures Coop perfectly. He was about to pull a prank on you or already had.

 

[SupraSabre]

Coop's stories of the Shaved Ice stand were always entertaining! I never got to know him, but did manage to capture him at 2008 WeSTOC XIII @ Taos, NM.



RIP COOP!

 

[sherob]

I rode with him a few times in TX, rode to places and met up with him, and had to put up with him as a Moderator too, all good memories.

I'll never forget the time GeorgeGeorge came to Dallas for a tech meeting at Mellow's place. Myself, Coop, and George George were staying at the same hotel. We met up at the parking lot in the morning, and there was a guy with a HD that kept twisting his throttle.. over and over. There goes Coop walking over to the guy, pulls out a pair of ear plugs and offers them to the guy.

RIP Coop... you and your humor will be sorely missed.

 

[st11ray]

RIP Coop! I first met Coop at Moonshine too. Always enjoyed his humor. You will be missed my friend.

 

[Obo]

RIP Coop.

 

[ST Gui]

Coop is another long time member with whom I have never met nor had an interaction with here but as have others I've always enjoyed reading his posts. He seemed like a great guy and quite a character and the posted sentiments here bear that out.

RIP Coop.

 

[rulbe]

RIP Coop! Moonshine brought an opportunity to meet many members from this group and standing in line with Coop to get a hamburger at the store brought about a great conversation! You will be missed!

 

[George]

Coop.

I also first met him at Moonshine. Coop, Putt, Terry, Kreis, Kurt, and too many others

I visited Coop and Anita in Lubbock. Always went out for ice cream. I miss the old days and the long rides.

 

[Mark]

God Speed Coop.

 

[steve3b3]

RIP Coop.
We've never met, but his posts were wonderful.
I'll miss his posts from the island.

Steve

 

[Bikeric]

Sorry to hear the sad news, his wit and dry humour will be missed. RIP Coop.

 

[Upt' North]

Blummin Eck, not Coop, got to be the funniest man I never met.
Keith put the mug out for ya this morning fella, I hope the ice is cold and One Nipple Nancy was at the gate waiting for ya. You'll be missed, what am I saying, you already are.
Ray.

 

[Peppermint]

Oh wow. I can't describe how sad I am to learn of Coop's passing. His wry sense of humour was indeed infectious and came through cyberspace, clear as a bell.
His posts always got a belly laugh out of me and I'd often respond in kind, which prompted him to PM me and keep the conversation going. We got to be pretty good friends that way!
I'm so sorry I never got to meet him and Anita.

Rest well, my friend. You will be missed more than you'll ever know.

Patty

 

[BakerBoy]

So sorry to hear of his passing, RIP Coop, you were one of a kind!

 

[Nashcat]

I’m sorry to hear of another member passing. Rest In Peace, Coop. You will be missed by many.

John

 

[adamk]

Found a couple of pics of Coop from CoSTOC 2, 2011. He was a character! Godspeed Coop.....

 

[Hondafarian]

Sounds like a sad loss of an incredible guy. Would love to hear the story behind the bike wrapped with caution tape.