Mrs. Leona Cooper Grinage, age 94, a resident of Haworth, Oklahoma, died Saturday, September 30, 2017, in Retreat at Kenwood, Texarkana, Texas. She was born on September 4, 1923 in Cerro Gordo, Oklahoma, and was a homemaker. She was a lifelong member of the State Line Baptist Church. Leona enjoyed fishing and watching birds, especially humming birds. She was an avid basketball fan. Leona played basketball all her years at Haworth, and made it to the state championship her senior year. Even in her sixties, Leona still had a basketball goal in her back yard, where she would play and give her grandchildren tips to be better players.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings, Lottie Cooper, Lorene Davis, Elmer Cooper, Don Cooper, and Lonnie Cooper, and May of 1991, her beloved husband, Lewis Harold Grinage, as well as, her daughter-in-law, Phyllis Grinage.

She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Dwight and Saundra Grinage of Texarkana, Texas, and Terry and Betty Grinage of Texarkana, Arkansas, nine grandchildren and their spouses, Andy and Cheryl Flood of Redwater, Texas, Keith and Naomi Grinage of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Adam Grinage and his partner Jason Barnett of Lewisville, Texas, Marcy and Bert Bloomfield of Texarkana, Texas, Mindy and Brian Gennings of Texarkana, Arkansas, Frankie and Ron Mills of De Queen, Arkansas, Rowdy and Shirley Horner of Genoa, Arkansas, Shelly Roberts of Texarkana, Texas, and Beth and Glenn Lummus of Texarkana, Arkansas, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Leona Grinage will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 4, 2017 in the State Line Baptist Church in Cerro Gordo, Arkansas. Burial will follow in the Pauley Cemetery, Winthrop, under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 3, 2017 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Chandler Funeral Home, De Queen. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the State Line Baptist Church, 924 Highway 380,
Winthrop, Arkansas 71866