Family of Cleavon COOLEY, Sr.*


Birth: 30 OCT 1891 (Rosepine, Vernon Parish, LA)
Death: 2 JUL 1946 (Newton, Newton Co., TX)
Burial: Ford Chapel Cemetery (Newton Co., TX)

Grandparents Parents Siblings
Little Berry COOLEY
b. 20 JUL 1821 (MS)
d. 23 MAY 1903

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

Berry L. COOLEY
b. 30 JAN 1862 (MS)
d. 31 JAN 1927
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

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

Napoleon Bonaparte ALSTON
b. 1834 (LA)
d. 1908

Milona ROYER
b. 1840 (LA)
d. after JUN 1900

Christine Lavicey ALSTON
b. 31 MAR 1863 (LA)
d. 5 APR 1943

Spouse Marriage Children
Florence Selester KEEL
b. 1 FEB 1902 (LA)
d. 28 OCT 1987
4 MAY 1921
Beauregard Parish, LA
Roy Ondell COOLEY
b. 7 OCT 1924 (LA)
d. 2 MAY 1980

Raymond Reginald COOLEY
b. 1 DEC 1927 (LA)
d. 26 SEP 1933

Florence Ruth COOLEY
b. 8 JAN 1931 (TX)
d. 13 MAY 1983

Geneva Yvonne COOLEY
b. 26 JAN 1936 (TX)

Cleavon COOLEY, Jr.
b. 25 JAN 1940 (TX)

*His name is given as Cleavon COOLEY in his WWI draft registration, in TX birth records, and in the TX death index. However, his name is given as Cleveland COOLEY in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 census records.

Tombstone of Cleavon COOLEY, Sr. and Florence Selester KEEL
Tombstone of Raymond Reginald COOLEY
Tombstone of Florence Ruth COOLEY
Tombstone of Harper Kirby HEXT (husband of Florence Ruth COOLEY)
Tombstone of Florence Ruth COOLEY and Harper Kirby HEXT

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Last updated on June 3, 2011.