Robert E. Cooper, III Dunwoody, GA Robert E. Cooper, III, 70, Of Dunwoody, formerly of Florence, SC, died May 6, 2012. Mr. Cooper was a 1960 graduate from McClenaghan High School, Florence, SC and later graduated from the University Of South Carolina. He went on to pursue a career as an executive with Sears and retired as an auditor with the Dekalb County School System. Mr. Cooper is survived by his wife, Barbara Cameron Cooper; son, Cameron Cooper of New York; daughter and son in law, Ashley E. Cooper and Michael Dockus of Dunwoody; grandchildren, Jack and Royce Dockus; devoted mother in law, Ruby Cameron and sisters, Beth Bridgers of Columbia, SC and Nannette Gabrielli of Marietta. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Friendship United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. The family will receive friends 6-8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home and at other times at the residence of Barbara & Robert's sister, Betty C. McLeod, 4109 Byrnes Blvd in the Country Club of SC, Florence, SC 29506. Mr. Cooper was a proud member of Friendship United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made in his memory to his church, Friendship United Methodist Church, 5422 E. Old Marion highway, Florence, SC 29506. Please sign the online guest registry for Mr. Cooper in the obit section of www.stoudenmiredowling.com