I will never forget the energy with which James L. Cooper entered our art class at Darby Junior High School in Fort Smith during the 1962-63 school year. He was a recent graduate of the University of Arkansas and this energy clearly communicated the impr...

Mr Cooper was a great inspiration to me to settle into my career as an actress. He encouraged me , he mentored me, he put up with me, and he helped me realize that this career choice wasn't so unattainable as others thought it was. The epitome of my high school...

Yes, my Uncle Jimmy loved his sports. I remember so many times seeing him watching a game on TV or maybe two if he could find another TV to put beside the other one. He always watched intently as he smoked his pipe in his earlier years. Oh, how I miss ...