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The trial is here. After weeks of tension in the House following the Jan. 6 insurrection that pushed lawmakers to impeach Donald Trump for the second time, the focus is shifting to the Senate as the impeachment trial kicks off tomorrow.
She was 66. The two
married in 1985 when Jim was in his second term in Congress and Martha was a research assistant at the World Wildlife Fund. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three children (Mary, Jamie and Hayes) and one grandchild, Jay. A native of Mississippi, Cooper attended Sweet Briar College and earned a master s degree in ornithology from Mississippi State University. Among other jobs, she worked on the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. According to her obituary, her favorite bird was the Eurasian hoopoe. “Martha was wary of politics until she lived in Shelbyville with Jim’s mother for a few months in 1984 to manage Jim’s first re-election campaign,” the obituary noted. “The experiment worked.”
Martha Cooper, wife of Rep. Jim Cooper, dies at 66 after battle with Alzheimerâs disease
Photos provided by Rep. Jim Cooper s office.
and last updated 2021-02-04 12:07:12-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Martha Hays Cooper, wife of U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, has died after what her family called âyears of struggling with Alzheimerâs. She was 66.
Rep. Cooperâs office confirmed her passing Thursday morning, saying she died peacefully at her home in Nashville.
She married Jim Cooper in 1985 after the two met in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Sweet Briar College in 1976 and from Mississippi State in 1980 with an M.S. in ornithology.