Biography of Herman Hampton Cooper, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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PLANTERS BANK PRESIDENT IN 1954-A native of Georgetown, Louisiana, and graduate
of Brinkley High School, has always proved himself worthy of added
responsibility. The son of the late Otto Herman and Daisy (Simmons) Cooper
enlisted in the U. S. Army in May 1918, during World War I and was assigned to
Battry B, 47th Regiment Coast Artillery Corps, A. E. F., and served overseas in
France. After his discharge on March 13, 1919, he resumed his career in banking
as bookkeeper and teller for the Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Co. in Pine Bluff.
He became a state bank examiner in 1921 and served for six years. In 1926, he
was employed with the Bank of Fordyce, as Asst. Cashier, and then became Cashier
in 1931. In 1934 he became a bank examiner for the F. D. I. C., Washington, D.
C. He returned to Fordyce Bank in 1936, and in 1943 was made President. In 1948,
he accepted the Planters Bank & Trust Co. office of President, succeeding Mr. S.
J. Dean. On June 19, 1921 he married Miss Lee Joy Slaton, daughter of the late
Tom & Mrs. Mary (Bean) Slaton, and to this union was born two children, one
grandson.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas