Eddie Thomas Cooper was born at 4:15 p.m. Dec. 1, 2013 at the University of South Alabama Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile. He weighed 4 pounds, 4 ounces and was 16 inches long. His parents are Ronald “Sam” Cooper and Stephanie Lynn Key Nelson of Foley. His big sisters are Windy G. Nelson and Izabella S. Cooper. His grandparents are Herbert Vaughan Key of Robertsdale; Greg Stanford of Hendersonville, N.C.; the late Barbara Gail Owens Stanford of Robertsdale; Eddie Cooper and Yolanda Cooper of Blountstown, Fla. His great-grandparents are Virginia L. Owens of Robertsdale and the late Charles Frank Owens.