Jeffrey Lee Cope

February 19, 2020

Jeffrey Lee Cope was born June 9, 1956, in Abilene, Texas, to Don and Marcia (Mitts) Cope. He entered into rest on February 17, 2020, after a sudden heart attack at his home in Lockwood, Missouri, at the age of 63.
He spent the majority of his childhood in Neosho, Missouri, but graduated high school in Bisbee, Arizona, in 1974. After attending the University of Arizona-Tucson, he moved back to Neosho and completed his degree at Crowder College. In the summer of 1976, Jeff married Barbie Moss in her parents’ home and she survives.

He and his uncle, Ralph Cope, co-owned Towne and Country Carpet on the Neosho square. Jeff volunteered as a Newton County Reserve Deputy for seven years and then joined the Neosho Volunteer Fire Department in 1983. His first daughter, Arin Ogden, was born that year. In 1985, daughter Kaci Jones was born and he began his career with the US Postal Service. He worked as a rural sub, city carrier, and supervisor in Neosho before becoming the Postmaster in Lockwood, Missouri in 1996. He retired from that position in April of 2015.

While living in Neosho, he served as a deacon at the Rocketdyne Road Church of Christ and was involved in 4-H and the Neosho Chamber of Commerce. Upon moving to Lockwood, he was an active member of the Lockwood Fire Department, Chamber of Commerce, Dade County Community Betterment Committee, and he coached his daughter’s basketball team. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and rockhound. He loved the mountains, camping, four-wheeling, and spending time with his grandsons.

In addition to his wife Barbie, he is survived by two children Arin Ogden, husband, Riley, and sons ,Cooper and Jackson of Lockwood, Missouri and Kaci Jones, husband, Alan, and expected baby, of Springfield, Missouri; his mother, Marcia Cope, of Neosho, Missouri; sisters: Sandy Black, husband, Brent of Wolverine Lake, Michigan; and Pam Cope of Neosho, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his father, Don, and parents-in-law, Bob and Jody Moss, and immediate family members nephew, Travis Wilson, and uncle Kenneth Cope.

Funeral service were 1 p.m. Friday, February 21, 2020 at Lockwood United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 410 N. Main St. Lockwood, Missouri.

The family received friends 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, February 20, 2020 at the Family Life Center, Lockwood.

Contributions are suggested and made payable to Arcola Christian Church Library Fund in care of Daniel Funeral Home.

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