Served North End – 1995-2007
Eddie was born in 1946 in East Liverpool, Ohio, the son of preacher, Denver
Cooper. He preached at age 10 but his first “real” sermon was in 1963 at the
Rosemar congregation. After attending Ohio Valley College he married a North
End girl, Barbara Buckley. Eddie and Barbara have two sons. In 1969 he got his
degree in Bible from Abilene Christian College. Eddie’s first located work was in
Ohio, then to Fairmont’s Oakwood Road congregation in West Virginia. The
family then moved back to Ohio to serve congregations at Sardis and for 15
years with the Chillicothe church. The family moved to Barbara’s home congre
gation in 1995 and served us until 2007. Eddie became known as the “Bear
Man” as he delivered over 5,000 bears sewn together by North End ladies.
These bears were taken to hospitals and care homes. Our new auditorium was
built in 2004. In 2007 until his retirement in 2018, the Coopers were located with
the church in St. Albans, West Virginia. Eddie has written many articles for
church periodicals and fills in the pulpit for several congregations as needed.