Howard Paul Cotner

Background

Cotner, Howard Paul was born on August 10, 1925 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. Son of Hugh Henry and Wilma Clare (Bodenhamer) Cotner.

Education

Student, Altus Junior College, 1943-1944; Bachelor, U. Oklahoma, 1948.

Career

Sales clerk, J.C. Penney Company, 1943; with, Phillips Petroleum Company, 1943; abstractor, Jackson County Abstract Company, Inc., Altus, Oklahoma, since 1948; member, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Oklahoma City, since 1971.

Achievements

• Howard Paul Cotner has been listed as a notable State legislator, land title abstractor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors S.W. Oklahoma Cmty. Concert Association; former president Altus United Fund. Former Chairman of Commission acquiring All American City award for Altus.

Formercity and county chairman United States Savings Bonds Program. Member Oklahoma Land Title Association (former treasurer, vice president, president, editor), Altus Chamber of Commerce (president 1958), Masons (43d degree), Shriners, Kiwanis (president Altus 1958, lieutenant governor division 18, 1960.

Interests

• Avocations: collecting and restoring old automobiles.

Connections

Married Helen Patricia Tobin, March 16, 1974. Children: Paul Stephen, Kathy Lynn, Deborah Kay.

Father:

Hugh Henry Cotner

Mother:

Wilma Clare (Bodenhamer) Cotner

Spouse:

Helen Patricia Tobin

child:

Kathy Lynn Cotner

child:

Deborah Kay Cotner

child:

Paul Stephen Cotner