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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The inspirational Mobile native and Marine Corps Veteran Major General Gary Cooper passed away on Saturday. “Gary was ready to a certain extent,” Beverly Cooper, Gary’s wife of 33 years, said. The Major General leaves behind an inspirational history. Growing up in Mobile during the Jim Crow era, Cooper faced racial […]
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Cooper became a reservist in 1970 and served in a variety of capacities and rising to the rank of major general in 1988, when he returned to active duty as director of personnel at the Marine Corps headquarters.