Extracted from The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX)
Wednesday, January 10, 2001

Charlie Maurice Cooley

Charlie Maurice Cooley, 86, of DeRidder, La., died Jan. 8, 2001, at Beauregard Memorial Hospital.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First United Pentecostal Church in DeRidder with burial at Hopewell Cemetery in Dry Creek, La., under the direction of Beauregard-Vernon Funeral Home in DeRidder. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. today, and from 9 a.m. Thursday to time of service at the church.

A native of DeRidder, he lived in Lake Charles, La., before moving back to DeRidder 23 years ago and was a retired Davidson Sash and Door manager in Lake Charles.

Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Cooley of DeRidder; sons, Sherman Cooley of Sulphur, La., and Larry Cooley of DeRidder; daughters, Frankie Pilcher of Lake Charles and Mary Audell Nugent of Moss Bluff, La.; brothers, Dallas Cooley and Dale Cooley, both of Lake Charles; sister, Wanda Seale of DeRidder; 10 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.