Perry Hooper | |
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Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 73rd district |
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In office January 3, 1984 – January 3, 2003 |
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Preceded by | Ham Wilson |
Succeeded by | David Grimes |
Personal details | |
Born |
Perry Oliver Hooper Jr. October 5, 1954 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Judy McKissick |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Perry O. Hooper Sr. (Father) |
Education |
Auburn University, Montgomery (BA) Faulkner University (JD) |
Perry Oliver Hooper Jr. (born October 5, 1954), is an insurance agent from his native Montgomery, Alabama, who is a Republican former member of the Alabama House of Representatives, having served in the District 73 seat from 1984 until 2003. After five terms, he was defeated in the primary election held on June 4, 2002.
Hooper is the oldest of four sons of late Perry O. Hooper Sr., the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and the former Marilyn Yost. He received his undergraduate degree from Auburn University at Montgomery and his Juris Doctor from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, affiliated with Faulkner University, also in Montgomery.
Hooper is a vice president of the Palomar Insurance Corporation. He is married to the former Judy McKissick, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Clement McKissick, formerly of Montgomery. Judy Hooper is a teacher at the Trinity Presbyterian School in Montgomery, affiliated with the Trinity Presbyterian Church. Hooper is United Methodist.
The couple has three sons: (1) Perry Hooper, III, D.O., who is married to Dr. Marsa True Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Taylor Beck of Richmond, Virginia, named for her aunt, Marsa Susan Beck of Jacksonville, Florida, (2) Davis Shaw Hooper of Auburn, Alabama, and (3) Thomas Clement Hooper of Montgomery.