My friend believes he was born in the Mrytle Beach area in South Carolina. His parents were Frank & Edna Cooper. This is from what her mother told her. Also an aunt dated him & she told her that he was born in the Mrytle Beach area. Thanks for your response. Anita Pat wrote: > This Gary Franklin Cooper would have been born about the right year as the > one you are looking for, but I don't know if this is the one you are > seeking. > Pat H > > GARY F. COOPER Gary Franklin Cooper 61, Gardner in Johnson County, died Dec. > 11, 1991, at the Olathe Medical Center. He was born in Eldon, Mo.; moved to > Edgerton in Johnson County in 1966; and moved to Gardner in 1977. Mr. Cooper > was a pipe fitter and a member of Local 533 of the Pipe Fitters Association. > He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and was a member of American > Legion in Gardner. He was a member of the Wyandotte Masonic Lodge. Survivors > include his wife, Shirley Cooper of the home; three daughters, Merle Ann > Schick, Gardner, Candise Hughes, Wellsville, Kan., and Cynthia Walters, > Parker, Kan.; two sisters, Gloria Campbell and Margaret Gibbens of Eldon; > and six grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Bruce > Chapel, Gardner; burial in the Gardner Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 to > 11 a.m. Saturday at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to the > Gardner Presbyterian Church or the Bedford Manor in Gardner. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Anita Roberts <duckula@bellsouth.net> > To: <GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:03 PM > Subject: Searching for a friend's father > > > I have posted this before. Gary Franklin Cooper was 26 yrs & 9 months on > June > > 4, 1957 when he married Beatrice Tedder. They were married in Conway, SC. > > I only know he was born in the 1930's but I don't have his birthday. My > > friend's mother will not tell her anything. He worked in Charlotte, NC in > 1960. > > Before he was married he worked with a circus in Myrtle Beach. The circus > has > > since closed down. My friend would love to find her father. She has never > known > > him. He left when she was 4 months old because of a family dispute. > > > > Anybody have any suggestions? > > > > Anita Roberts > > > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > > Please consider becoming a Rootsweb contributor. > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > >