Roy Asberry Cooper Jr.
Roy Asberry Cooper Jr. | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | March 13, 1927 |
| Died | November 28, 2014 (aged 87) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Beverly Thorne Batchelor |
| Children | Roy Cooper Pell Cooper |
| Alma mater | Wake Forest University (BS) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (JD) |
| Occupation | lawyer, political strategist, campaign manager, farmer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
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Roy Asberry Cooper Jr. (March 13, 1927 – November 28, 2014) was an American lawyer, political strategist, and farmer. A Democrat, he served as a county manager for Governor Dan K. Moore and was a political advisor and campaign chair for Governor Jim Hunt, Governor J. Melville Broughton, and Skipper Bowles. He was the father of Governor Roy Cooper and District Court judge Pell Cooper.