Edwin Maurice Cooper

Edwin Maurice Cooper passed away on June 24, 2025. He was born in Atlanta, GA on November 6, 1933, to Matthew Harvey Cooper Jr. and Myrtice Jackson Cooper. He attended Bass High School and graduated from Southern Technical Institute in Chamblee, GA.

He entered the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training program in September 1953. He married June Adrianlene Reid in Greenville, MS on December 18, 1955. They have two children – daughter Junetta (Jetta) and son, Edwin M. Cooper II (Eddie). Edwin and June were married 66 years prior to the death of June in November 2022. He enjoyed extensive travel while in the Air Force with visits that included the contiguous 48 states plus Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Okinawa, China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, all provinces of Canada, Newfoundland, Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Spain, and England.

He has pilot flight time in eight (8) different aircraft and has over 5,000 hours flight time. During two different tours in Vietnam, he flew over 60 combat missions and was twice awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after 20 of service. He has served as a Deacon and then as an elder in the church of Christ. He has been on five missionary campaigns to Belize, Central America, as well as several door knocking campaigns for the church. He and June have five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.