Family of Berry L. COOLEY*


Birth: 30 JAN 1862 (Jasper Co., MS)
Death: 31 JAN 1927 (Beauregard Parish, LA)
Burial: Old Cypress Cemetery (Rosepine, Vernon Parish, LA)

Grandparents Parents Siblings
William COOLEY
b. about 1780 (SC)
d. 1845

Nancy BOUNDS
b. 1784 (NC)
d. 1858

Little Berry COOLEY
b. 20 JUL 1821 (MS)
d. 23 MAY 1903
Nancy Ann COOLEY
b. 26 SEP 1850 (MS)
d. 11 JUN 1931

William Irvin COOLEY
b. 7 OCT 1853 (MS)
d. 3 JUN 1941

J. M. COOLEY
b. 1855 (MS)
d. between 1860-1870

Sterling Oran COOLEY
b. 4 JUL 1858 (MS)
d. 6 MAY 1925

Sarah L. COOLEY
b. 1864 (MS)
d. 1888

Arthur Singleton COOLEY
b. 24 FEB 1866 (MS)
d. 3 JUL 1957

John Eugene COOLEY
b. 13 OCT 1868 (MS)
d. 12 DEC 1921

Ira Bender COOLEY
b. 8 OCT 1871 (LA)
d. 17 FEB 1969

Larkin Allen COOLEY
b. 29 JUN 1874 (LA)
d. 22 DEC 1933

Alonzo M. COOLEY
b. 12 APR 1877 (LA)
d. 27 FEB 1953

William James ARRINGTON
b. 7 JAN 1812 (SC)
d. 21 DEC 1903

Sarah (``Sallie'') MCCARTY
b. 4 DEC 1808 (SC)
d. 4 JUN 1871

Lovenia ARRINGTON
b. 28 DEC 1833 (MS)
d. 27 APR 1912

Spouse Marriage Children**
Christine Lavicey ALSTON
b. 31 MAR 1863 (LA)
d. 5 APR 1943
about 1883
Calcasieu Parish, LA
Malona COOLEY
b. 14 OCT 1885 (LA)
d. 30 JUL 1899

Berry Singleton COOLEY
b. 15 AUG 1887 (LA)
d. 4 JAN 1972

Candis COOLEY
b. 30 OCT 1889 (LA)
d. 16 JAN 1971

Cleavon COOLEY, Sr.
b. 30 OCT 1891 (LA)
d. 2 JUL 1946

William Napoleon COOLEY
b. 7 DEC 1893 (LA)
d. 9 MAY 1966

Jackson Eugene COOLEY
b. 16 MAY 1895 (LA)
d. 16 NOV 1970

Dru Siller COOLEY
b. 22 NOV 1897 (LA)
d. 14 JAN 1975

Bender COOLEY
b. 10 MAR 1899 (LA)
d. 12 MAR 1899

Christine Lavicey
(``Vicey'') COOLEY

b. 30 JUL 1904 (LA)
d. 5 MAR 1962

*Some sources give Berry's full name as Berry Loamie (or Laoma) COOLEY.

**In the 1930 census, Berry's widow Christine had a 5-year-old child named Rupert COOLEY living with her. This was Rupert Jackson COOLEY, Sr. (b. 22 MAR 1925, d. 17 FEB 1985), the son of Christine Lavicey (``Vicey'') COOLEY.

Tombstone of Berry L. COOLEY
Tombstone of Christine Lavicey ALSTON
Tombstone of Malona COOLEY
Tombstone of Bender COOLEY

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Last updated on June 3, 2011.