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The Reverend
Doctor James S. Cooper was born in Millhaven,
Screven County, Georgia on September 26, 1947.
His secondary education was received in the
public schools of Savannah, Georgia. He hold a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy and
Religion from Morris Brown College, Atlanta,
Georgia; a Master of Divinity Degree in
Psychology and Pastoral Care from
Interdenominational Theological Center & Turner
Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia; a Master
of Arts Degree in Religious Education from
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New
Jersey, Master of Military Science, Command
General Staff College, a Two-Quarter Certificate
of Clinical Pastoral Education, Grady Memorial
Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia; and a Doctor of
Ministry from San Francisco Theological
Seminary, San Anselmo, California. He is an
ordained minister in the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, a member of the Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, and a member of Western Star
Lodge #65 F&M Prince Hall Masonry. He is a life
member of the NAACP.
In January 1973, he received a direct
appointment and was commissioned a Captain in
the United States Army Chaplain Corps. His
military education includes completion of the
Chaplain Officer Basic and Advanced Courses of
the United States Army Chaplain Center and
School and the Command & General Staff College.
While serving in the US Army, he received the
highest Peace Time Award (The Legion of Merit)
among numerous other decorations, medals,
awards, and ribbons.
He retried from active service in January 2003
after serving as Garrison Chaplain, Fort Bragg,
North Carolina, the largest installation in the
US Army. He retired with the rank of Chaplain
(Colonel) after 31 years of service to God and
country.
He began preaching at the age of 13 years old.
He was ordained Elder in the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, November 21, 1966 in Douglas,
Georgia.
He is married to the former Mirriam L. Roberts.
They have three (3) children: Lenton Douglas,
James Simon II, Annette Evelyn Etheredge; ten
(10) grandchildren: Shakita Lashaun Cooper,
Lenton II, James III, Daniel Charles Etheredge,
Carmeron Alexander Cooper, Kaelyn Marie
Etheredge, Jamia Kaloni Simone Cooper, (twins)
Nina Sloane, Ashton Michael Cooper, and Laila Yvonne Etheredge.
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