Mayor on the Move

In 1972, Pathways Magazine wrote a feature article about Mayor Ernest Cooper of Covington. Click on the image below to read that article. 

 

 

 Ernest Cooper and Pizzie Romano

Mayor Ernest Cooper, right, with Governor Edwin Edwards in 1972.

Forty-five years later, Mike Cooper, his son, served as Mayor for Covington.

 

Mayor Ernest Cooper and his family

He was first elected mayor in May of 1967