Don E. Cooper, 79, W. Columbia St., died Friday at Humana Hospital Lake Cumberland after an illness.
A 1929 cum laude graduate of Centre College, Cooper had been an attorney and served as administrative assistant for his brother, Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Washington, D.C. from 1947 to 1949.
After graduating from Centre, Cooper received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1932. From 1933 to 1946, he was an associate in the New York law firm of Chadbourne, Wallace, Parke, and Whiteside. He served as a major in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps during World War II and was awarded the Legion of Merit. He served as an attorney with Standard Oil Co. form 1949 to 1958, when he returned to Somerset to practice law. In Somerset, he was associated with the firm of Smith and Blackburn and later with the firm of Utley, Travis, and Cain.
In 1970, he received the Centre College Alumni Recognition Award. He was trustee emeritus of the college and a former president of Centre's alumni association.
Cooper also had been a member of the Kentucky Republican State Central Committee and served as its attorney. He had been a member of the executive committee of the Kentucky Historical Society and was a former president of the Pulaski County Historical Association.
At Centre, he was a member of the leadership honorary Omicron Delta Kappa and Beta Theta Pi social fraternity. At Yale, he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif and a member of the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal.
Born April 26, 1907, in Somerset, he was the son of the late Judge John Sherman Cooper and Helen Gertrude Tartar Cooper. He was a member of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Cooper; another brother, Richard Cooper of Somerset; and a sister, Mrs. Frank C. Helm.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, by the Rev. William O. Bivens and the Rev. Dr. Robert Browning. Burial will be in Somerset Cemetery.
Mrs. Cooper and family will receive friends at W. Columbia St. from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Somerset Undertaking Co. is in charge of arrangements.
From The Kentucky Advocate/The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky - Sunday, January 4, 1987.
A 1929 cum laude graduate of Centre College, Cooper had been an attorney and served as administrative assistant for his brother, Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Washington, D.C. from 1947 to 1949.
After graduating from Centre, Cooper received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1932. From 1933 to 1946, he was an associate in the New York law firm of Chadbourne, Wallace, Parke, and Whiteside. He served as a major in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps during World War II and was awarded the Legion of Merit. He served as an attorney with Standard Oil Co. form 1949 to 1958, when he returned to Somerset to practice law. In Somerset, he was associated with the firm of Smith and Blackburn and later with the firm of Utley, Travis, and Cain.
In 1970, he received the Centre College Alumni Recognition Award. He was trustee emeritus of the college and a former president of Centre's alumni association.
Cooper also had been a member of the Kentucky Republican State Central Committee and served as its attorney. He had been a member of the executive committee of the Kentucky Historical Society and was a former president of the Pulaski County Historical Association.
At Centre, he was a member of the leadership honorary Omicron Delta Kappa and Beta Theta Pi social fraternity. At Yale, he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif and a member of the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal.
Born April 26, 1907, in Somerset, he was the son of the late Judge John Sherman Cooper and Helen Gertrude Tartar Cooper. He was a member of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Cooper; another brother, Richard Cooper of Somerset; and a sister, Mrs. Frank C. Helm.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, by the Rev. William O. Bivens and the Rev. Dr. Robert Browning. Burial will be in Somerset Cemetery.
Mrs. Cooper and family will receive friends at W. Columbia St. from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Somerset Undertaking Co. is in charge of arrangements.
From The Kentucky Advocate/The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky - Sunday, January 4, 1987.
Don E. Cooper, 79, W. Columbia St., died Friday at Humana Hospital Lake Cumberland after an illness.
A 1929 cum laude graduate of Centre College, Cooper had been an attorney and served as administrative assistant for his brother, Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Washington, D.C. from 1947 to 1949.
After graduating from Centre, Cooper received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1932. From 1933 to 1946, he was an associate in the New York law firm of Chadbourne, Wallace, Parke, and Whiteside. He served as a major in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps during World War II and was awarded the Legion of Merit. He served as an attorney with Standard Oil Co. form 1949 to 1958, when he returned to Somerset to practice law. In Somerset, he was associated with the firm of Smith and Blackburn and later with the firm of Utley, Travis, and Cain.
In 1970, he received the Centre College Alumni Recognition Award. He was trustee emeritus of the college and a former president of Centre's alumni association.
Cooper also had been a member of the Kentucky Republican State Central Committee and served as its attorney. He had been a member of the executive committee of the Kentucky Historical Society and was a former president of the Pulaski County Historical Association.
At Centre, he was a member of the leadership honorary Omicron Delta Kappa and Beta Theta Pi social fraternity. At Yale, he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif and a member of the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal.
Born April 26, 1907, in Somerset, he was the son of the late Judge John Sherman Cooper and Helen Gertrude Tartar Cooper. He was a member of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Cooper; another brother, Richard Cooper of Somerset; and a sister, Mrs. Frank C. Helm.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, by the Rev. William O. Bivens and the Rev. Dr. Robert Browning. Burial will be in Somerset Cemetery.
Mrs. Cooper and family will receive friends at W. Columbia St. from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Somerset Undertaking Co. is in charge of arrangements.
From The Kentucky Advocate/The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky - Sunday, January 4, 1987.
A 1929 cum laude graduate of Centre College, Cooper had been an attorney and served as administrative assistant for his brother, Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Washington, D.C. from 1947 to 1949.
After graduating from Centre, Cooper received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1932. From 1933 to 1946, he was an associate in the New York law firm of Chadbourne, Wallace, Parke, and Whiteside. He served as a major in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps during World War II and was awarded the Legion of Merit. He served as an attorney with Standard Oil Co. form 1949 to 1958, when he returned to Somerset to practice law. In Somerset, he was associated with the firm of Smith and Blackburn and later with the firm of Utley, Travis, and Cain.
In 1970, he received the Centre College Alumni Recognition Award. He was trustee emeritus of the college and a former president of Centre's alumni association.
Cooper also had been a member of the Kentucky Republican State Central Committee and served as its attorney. He had been a member of the executive committee of the Kentucky Historical Society and was a former president of the Pulaski County Historical Association.
At Centre, he was a member of the leadership honorary Omicron Delta Kappa and Beta Theta Pi social fraternity. At Yale, he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif and a member of the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal.
Born April 26, 1907, in Somerset, he was the son of the late Judge John Sherman Cooper and Helen Gertrude Tartar Cooper. He was a member of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Cooper; another brother, Richard Cooper of Somerset; and a sister, Mrs. Frank C. Helm.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, by the Rev. William O. Bivens and the Rev. Dr. Robert Browning. Burial will be in Somerset Cemetery.
Mrs. Cooper and family will receive friends at W. Columbia St. from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Somerset Undertaking Co. is in charge of arrangements.
From The Kentucky Advocate/The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky - Sunday, January 4, 1987.
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