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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Cooper Yates
| image_name =CooperYates.jpg
| image_size =200px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[February 24]], [[1944]]
| place_of_birth =Bremen, Harralson County, Georgia
| date_of_death =[[April 17]], [[2004]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =advertising executive
| religion =
| spouse =Katie Dorothy Teague (1968)<br/>Connie Hyatt (1999)
| parents =Lawden Henry & Bessie Louise Cooper Yates
| children =[[Shelley Yates]]
}}
[[Image:|thumb|right|Cooper Yates]]
'''Cooper Leland Yates''' ([[1944]]-[[2004]]) was an advertising executive who founded a number of advertising agencies in Northwest Florida, including [[Hemmer & Yates]] and [[Great Southern Advertising]]. He was also an adjunct professor at [[Pensacola Junior College]].
Yates was a major advocate of the arts in Pensacola. He promoted the [[Saenger Theatre]] and campaigned for the construction of the [[Pensacola Civic Center]]. During his tenure as president of the [[Arts Council of Northwest Florida]], Yates added new agencies to the organization and hired influential director [[Andy Witt]].
As head of [[Great Southern Advertising]], Yates helped [[Joe Scarborough]] launch the ''[[Florida Sun]]'' in [[1999]] and was invited to work on his show ''[[Scarborough Country]]'' in New York, but declined, preferring to remain in the Pensacola area. He also inspired the concept and name of [[Mike Papantonio]]'s radio show, ''[[Ring of Fire]]''.<ref>"Cooper Yates dies at age 60." ''Pensacola News Journal'', April 18, 2004.</ref>
He could often be seen driving his vintage '58 Corvette.
Yates died unexpectedly of a heart attack on [[April 17]], [[2004]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{bio-stub}}
[[Category:Advertising executives|Yates, Cooper]]
[[Category:Pensacola Junior College professors|Yates, Cooper]]
| subject_name =Cooper Yates
| image_name =CooperYates.jpg
| image_size =200px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[February 24]], [[1944]]
| place_of_birth =Bremen, Harralson County, Georgia
| date_of_death =[[April 17]], [[2004]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =advertising executive
| religion =
| spouse =Katie Dorothy Teague (1968)<br/>Connie Hyatt (1999)
| parents =Lawden Henry & Bessie Louise Cooper Yates
| children =[[Shelley Yates]]
}}
[[Image:|thumb|right|Cooper Yates]]
'''Cooper Leland Yates''' ([[1944]]-[[2004]]) was an advertising executive who founded a number of advertising agencies in Northwest Florida, including [[Hemmer & Yates]] and [[Great Southern Advertising]]. He was also an adjunct professor at [[Pensacola Junior College]].
Yates was a major advocate of the arts in Pensacola. He promoted the [[Saenger Theatre]] and campaigned for the construction of the [[Pensacola Civic Center]]. During his tenure as president of the [[Arts Council of Northwest Florida]], Yates added new agencies to the organization and hired influential director [[Andy Witt]].
As head of [[Great Southern Advertising]], Yates helped [[Joe Scarborough]] launch the ''[[Florida Sun]]'' in [[1999]] and was invited to work on his show ''[[Scarborough Country]]'' in New York, but declined, preferring to remain in the Pensacola area. He also inspired the concept and name of [[Mike Papantonio]]'s radio show, ''[[Ring of Fire]]''.<ref>"Cooper Yates dies at age 60." ''Pensacola News Journal'', April 18, 2004.</ref>
He could often be seen driving his vintage '58 Corvette.
Yates died unexpectedly of a heart attack on [[April 17]], [[2004]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{bio-stub}}
[[Category:Advertising executives|Yates, Cooper]]
[[Category:Pensacola Junior College professors|Yates, Cooper]]
