MILTON — Milton city council will pay homage to a Milton resident who died Aug. 7 by awarding the Business of the Quarter Award to the plumbing company he left behind.
The council voted to honor Cooper Plumbing with the award at the Aug. 16 council meeting when Mayor Wesley Meiss brought up the idea. Meiss wanted to honor the memory of the company’s founder, Jackie Cooper.
“He was a pillar of this community,” Meiss said. “His business is a pillar business in the community.”
Meiss said his sons and family will carry on Cooper’s legacy and this award would be a fitting tribute to his legacy.
Cooper was born in Milton on March 18, 1945. According to his obituary he loved to fish and was a fan of Alabama football. Remaining are his wife Vera, his daughter Lauren and sons Samuel and Mathew, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Three brothers, four sisters remain as well. Cooper was buried Aug. 12 at the Milton Cemetery.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: 'He was a pillar of this community'