Arl Lee Cope Jr.

Arl Lee Cope Jr., 75, of Cabot died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. He was born Sept. 19, 1939 in Alamagordo, N.M. to the late Arl Lee Cope Sr. and Emma Marie Yarbrough Cope. He is preceded in death by his sister, Marie Drake. After graduating from Alamogordo HS, Arl spent four years in the Navy aboard the carrier Midway. He and Marilyn lived in Madagascar and England, where Arl tracked satellites for NASA. After working telemetry jobs at Holloman AFB. He bought Tularosa Cable TV & built other cable systems in NM, which he sold & continued to work in the Cable Industry, retiring as CEO of Bufford Satellite Systems. After selling Quizno's in Jacksonville, he retired for good. Arl is survived by his wife of 51 years, Marilyn Cope; children, Arl Lee Cope III (Frances) of Laluz, N.M., Avery Cope of Phoenix, Ariz., Arletta Bledsoe (Greg) of Leesburg, Va. and Walter Cope ( Virginia) of Cabot; siblings, Carol Murdock of Wasilla, Alaska, Howard Cope (Cheryl) of Wylie, Texas, Dee Cope of Alamagordo, N.M.; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Geri and David Herrera of Tucson, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren, Joshua, Anesia, Breanna, Janae and Avery Cope Jr., Taylor, Zoe, Sophie, Deelan and Molly Bledsoe, Lindsey Jones (Nathaniel); one great-grandchild, Kali Cope and one on the way, Clementine Jones and a host of nieces and nephews. Arl's greatest joy was his Kids & being Grandpa & Papa to his grandkids. He loved following what his nieces & nephews were accomplishing. His 2nd joy was restoring Mustangs. He wished for people not to smoke & he was known to walk up to a young smoker, showing them his inhaler & giving them a short lecture. He fought his lung disease with all his strength & now he doesn't have to labor for every breath. This gives us peace. Memorial services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 at Moore's Funeral Home Chapel 501-843-5816. Visitation will be held 1:30 p.m., prior to the service. Memorials may be made to the Arkansas Hospice Foundation, 14 Parkstone Circle, NLR, AR 72116.