Former American Candy Co. president Charles ‘Byrd’ Looper passes away at 86
Looper served in the candy industry for 23 years.
Former American Candy Co. president Charles Burdine “Byrd” Looper passed away on Jan. 8 from pneumonia. He was 86.
Looper was born in 1931 in Gastonia, N.C., where his parents, Thomas Lee and Christina Curtis Looper, were educators. After graduating from Gastonia High School, he attended Duke University on a football scholarship. He was active in the Kappa Alpha Order and Marine Officer Training.