Dr. Charles Dewey Cooper, 87, died February 28, 2011.
A native of Whittier, NC, he was the son of the late Grady Cooper and Lela Howell Cooper.
He was a professor of Physics at the University of Georgia from 1950 until 1989, having previously served in the pacific during World War II as an officer in the United States Navy.
He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-three years, Willie "Bill" Johnson Cooper.
Survivors include his children, Norma Dudley, her husband J. Gary Dudley and their son Thomas Edward Dudley, II; Claire V. Cooper and her husband, Robert M. Harris; Edward H. Cooper, his wife Grace E. McDougald, and their daughter, Cameron G. McDougald; sisters, Maude Ensley and Nell Candler; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the Oconee Hill Cemetery Sexton House.
Lord and Stephens, EAST, is in charge of arrangements.