Extracted from The Lake Charles Press American (Lake Charles, LA)
Friday, September 29, 1961

C. E. COOLEY, SR.

DERIDDER (Spl.) -- Funeral services for Charles E. Cooley Sr., 61, 1118 Patton street, DeRidder, will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the First Pentecostal church in DeRidder.

Rev. Orlan Guidros, Rev. W. H. Owens, and Rev. Guy Allen will officiate.

Mr. Cooley died Thursday at 11:15 a.m. at his home.

He was a retired deputy sheriff, having joined the Beauregard parish sheriff's department since 1940.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Donna Laura Russ of Houston, and Mrs. Marie Anderson of DeRidder; two sons, Ben J. Cooley of Houston and Charles E. Cooley Jr. of Lafayette.

Seven brothers, Mandoza Cooley, Waldon Cooley, Talmadge Cooley, Ohros Cooley, Efferson Cooley, Homer Cooley, and Woodrow Cooley, all of DeRidder; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Austin of DeRidder; and nine grandchildren.