Flags to be half-staff in Mobile County to honor Major General J. Gary Cooper: Gov. Ivey

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey ordered United States flags in Mobile County to be flown at half-staff on Thursday in honor of the late Major General Jerome Gary Cooper, USMC-Retired.

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Flags will be flown at half-staff in Mobile and at state facilities in Montgomery from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, May 2, according to a pres release from Gov. Kay Ivey.

Maj. Gen. Cooper died on Saturday at 87 years old.

Cooper is the first African-American Marine Corps officer to lead an infantry company into combat in Vietnam, and earned two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star among other distinctions.

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“General Cooper was a decorated Marine who continued to give years of service to the City of Mobile, the State of Alabama, and our country after his exceptional military career ended,” a release from the City of Mobile said.

“In addition to his work in the private section, General Cooper continued to serve the public as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, as the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, and as the U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica.”

He will be laid to rest on Thursday at the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort.

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