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Leroy Cooley

Published Wednesday, April 3, 2002 in the Nevada County Picayune

Leroy Cooley, 66, of Hope, died Friday, March 29, 2002, in Christus St. Michael Health System in Texarkana.

He was born on September 23, 1935, in McCaskill to Earl and Lula Bell Watson Cooley.

He was self- employed owner/operator of Cooley's Appliance Repair. He was a member of Unity Baptist Church in Hope and a member of VFW of Hope.

He was preceded in death by his father and one sister Jane Bowden.

His survivors include: two sons, Jackie Cooley of Bodcaw and James L. Cooley of Shreveport, La.; two daughters, Teresa Cooley Formby of Patmos and Cathy D. Sanders of Hope; his mother, Lula Bell Cooley of Hope; one sister, Donald Sue Huddleston of Hope; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were 2 p.m., Monday, April 1, 2002, at Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J.W. Wright officiating.

Burial was in Memory Garden in Hope. Arrangements by Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope.

Family received friends on Sunday, March 31, 2002 from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.


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