Cary Montgomery Cooper, 79, passed away on January 2, 2022 after a brief battle with interstitial lung disease. Born in Fiji, November 2, 1942 to Elspeth Montgomery and Harold Cooper, Cary lived in West Africa, Madison, WI, Washington, DC, Columbia, MD and recently retired to York, ME. He married Barbara Graham in 1967 and had 2 children, Catherine and Cary. He graduated from BCC in 1961 and University of Maryland in 1967. Cary served in the US Coast Guard and had a 45 year home inspection career. An avid car enthusiast, he was very fond of Jaguars. Cary was predeceased by his wife, and leaves behind his children, his siblings Elspeth and Brooks Cooper, and his grandchildren Ian, Lillian and Elora. A private celebration will be held in May. Cary will be lovingly remembered and greatly missed.

Published by Baltimore Sun on Mar. 18, 2022.

Classmate Doug McNair remembers Cary Cooper:

Cary and I used to street race my Dad’s Ford station wagon (sleeper with a high performance TBird engine). At the time he drove a 1958 Plymouth Fury Sport (small block, 318 cubic inch, dual four barrel carbureted). Nobody would race him, but we could take Dad’s Ford out at lunch and have fun.

Cary and I were best friends in 9th grade. Both his parents were really cool and I remember fondly a hilarious dinner party of our parents and us two at our home. We'd check in at reunions, often as table mates. A good guy. Steven Mayer