Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 27 April 1940.

The Coopers lived in Wilson only briefly, and after military service George C. Cooper traded blue-collar work for a career in academia.

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In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Cora Powell, 48, widow; George Cooper, 28, sheet metal worker, and wife Margaret, 26, teacher; Henrietta Colvert, 38, nurse; and Marian Davis, 24, teacher.

In 1940, George Clinton Cooper registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 7 September 1914 in Washington, N.C.; lived at 802 East Vance Street, Wilson; his contact was wife Margaret Jane Cooper; and he worked for George C. Cooper, 622 East Nash Street.

In the 1950 census of Hampton, Virginia: George C. Cooper, 34, trade training administrator at private college; wife Margarett G., 34, census enumerator at census bureau; and daughter Peggy J., 7.

Dayton (Oh.) Daily News, 22 May 2002.