Robert Eugene "Gene" Bulin

Robert Eugene "Gene" Bulin, 72, of Cooper, passed away peacefully at his home, with his loved ones by his side, on Tuesday November 9, 2021.

Visitation will be held in the Jones-Walker Funeral Chapel in Commerce on Friday, November 12, 2021 from 6-8 p.m. A funeral service will be on Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at the United Pentecostal Church in Cooper, with Brother Michael Stone officiating. Interment will follow the service at Oaklawn Cemetery in Cooper. Those serving as pallbearers are: Roger Stone, Dustin Bulin, Bill Phillips, Thomas Daniels, Robert Hill, Blake Bulin, Danny Wooten and Chad Miller. Honorary pallbearers are Cody Bulin and David Miller.

Gene was born in Delta County Texas on August 27, 1949, to Clovis "Bill" Clifton and Elvin Eugene "Bo" Bulin. He was the second oldest of six kids. He married Joyce Duckworth on June 2, 1984 in Cooper, Tx. Gene was a lifelong truck driver by trade and drove for many of those years for Goldstar Transport Co. and Winburn Milk.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce, sons: Micheal and wife Brenda and Kevin and wife Deidra, and daughters: Christie Rankin and husband Chris, Lisa Miller, and Tammy Wilks. Fourteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren, two sisters: Sandra Duckworth and husband Troy from Cooper and Karen Shaver from New Boston, Tx. and three brothers: James Douglas Bulin from Cooper,Tx., Steven Bulin from Cooper, Tx., and David Bulin and wife Janice from Charleston, South Carolina also survive him. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Jerry, son David, grandson, Brandon Page and great grandchildren: Karson and Nova Bulin.