Mr. Norman Edward Cooper, 88, of Melbourne passed away on February 11, 2020 at the William Childs Hospice House in Palm Bay, FL. A native of Grant, Alabama, Mr. Cooper was the son of the late Edward Jackson and Maggie Louise Wright Cooper. He was always serving others through the Navy in the Korean War and Vietnam War as a Navy Hospital Corpsman and he was the first Certified Licensed Physician's Assistant in the State of Florida.

Mr. Cooper is survived by his wife of 65 years, Ann Marie Hall Cooper; three daughters, Jo Cooper Godwin (Jeff), Karen Cooper Green (Robin), and Pamela Cooper Zahner (Joe); sister, Erma Wright; 6 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren also survive.