Tennessee Senate
JERRY COOPER
D -Morrison
District 14 - Franklin, Bledsoe, Coffee, Grundy,
Sequatchie, Van Buren, and Warren counties
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- District Address
- 175 Faith Rae Blvd.
- Morrison, TN 37357
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- Nashville Address
- G19 War Memorial Building
- Nashville, TN 37243-0214
- Phone (615) 741-6694
- Staff Contact: Christina Barber
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- Internet E-Mail Address
- Sen. Jerry Cooper
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Biographical Information
- Born August 6, 1948, in McMinnville
- Married, wife Lisa, four children, Elisa, Sally, Holly and Faith
- First Baptist Church, McMinnville
- Attended public schools in McMinnville
- B.S. in Engineering from University of Tennessee at Knoxville 1970
- Tennessee Army National Guard 1970-76
- Founded Cooper Manufacturing Company, a furniture and hardwood products company in Smartt Station - a community in Warren County
- Alpha Phi Mu, Honorary Engineering Society
- Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Public Office
- Senate member of the 94th through 105th General Assemblies
- Member, Senate State and Local Committee
- Member, Senate Transportation Committee
- Member, Joint Lottery Oversight Committee
- Member, Joint Select Oversight Committee on Corrections
Community Involvement
- Youngest ever named to Board of Directors of City Bank & Trust in 1983
- Vice-President of Tennessee Jaycees Foundation Camp for the Handicapped which established "Camp Discovery" in 1983
- President of the Tennessee Jaycees 1980-81
- Vice-President, Tennessee Jaycees Foundation
- Universityof Tennessee Space Institute Support Council
- Tennessee Technology Foundation
- Motlow College Foundation
- U. S. Small Business Administration
Honors and Awards
- "2004 AARP Tennessee's Legislative Champions" Award
- Friend of Tennessee Nurserymen and Landscape Association Award, 2003
- Tennessee Network of Community Organizations Legislator of the Year Award, 2002
- County Officials Association Outstanding State Senator Award, 2001
- Tennessee AFL-CIO Leadership Award, 2001
- Tennessee Development District Association "Legislator of the Year", 1996 and 2001
- Tennessee Association for Home Care "Legislator of the Year", for the 100th General Assembly, 1997
- "Legislator of the Year 100th General Assembly" from the Tennessee Association for Home Care 1997
- State Governing Board of Common Cause of Tennessee Bird Dog Award, 1995
- Tennessee Hospital Association Community service Award, 1995
- Tennessee State Employees Association Recognition Award, 1990 and 1994
- AARP Tennessee State Legislative Committee Certificate in "recognition of distinguished and dedicated service in assisting consumers of Tennessee", 1994
- Sierra Club Award, 1993
- Tennessee Association of Human Resource Agencies Legislator of the Year, 1992
- "Outstanding Senator of the Year 97th General Assembly" from the Tennessee Forestry Association 1992
- Warren County Democratic Party Recognition Award "for many years of service to the people of Warren County", 1989
- Jaycee Outstanding Young Man, 1984
- Named "Tennessee Small Businessman of the Year" by the U.S. Small Business Administration in 1983
- Fraternal Order of Police Ben Lomand Lodge #34 Recognition Award "for continued support of issues related to law enforcement"
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