Extracted from The Beauregard Daily News (DeRidder, LA)
Monday, May 4, 2009

Alice Marie Orton

Alice Marie Orton of Rosepine, La. passed away Thursday, Apr. 30, 2009 at Rosepine Retirement Center. She was 88.

A funeral service will be held Sunday May 3, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Hixson Funeral Home in DeRidder, La. with Rev. William Kelly Harper officiating. Visitation will be Saturday May 2, 2009 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home on Sunday. Interment will follow in Whitaker Cemetery in DeRidder.

Alice leaves to cherish her memory, one daughter Fern Calloway Hayes and husband Ronnie of Rosepine; brothers Pete Cooley, Tom Cooley, Clifford Cooley and Monk Cooley all of DeRidder; two grandsons Randy Lee Hayes and Riley D. Hayes; three great grandchildren Dillon, Justin and Katie Avery; and one great great grandson Dane.

She was preceded in death by her parents Oliver and Allie Fair Cooley, husbands Leeroy Calloway and W.T. Orton, and granddaughter Denise Simpson Avery.

Mrs. Orton was a lifelong resident of DeRidder where she was a homemaker and baby sat for families in the area. She was of the Christian faith and attended The Church of Christ in DeRidder. Alice love to work in her garden, tending her flowers, and being a grandmother and great grandmother.