Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Sunday, May 20, 2001

Mary F. Cooley

DERIDDER -- Funeral services for Mary Frances Cooley, 72, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, in Hixson Funeral Home.

The Revs. C.J. Langton and Joe Pool will officiate. Burial will be in Newlin Cemetery in Singer.

Visitation is 6-10 p.m. today, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday and from 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Mrs. Cooley died at 7:20 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2001, in a local hospital.

A native of Chase, she was a resident of DeRidder. She was a graduate of Northwestern State College, and received her master's degree from McNeese State University. She was a retired mathematics teacher and taught many years in Beauregard Parish. She was a member of Beauregard Parish Teachers Association. She was a member of Singer Baptist Church and its Women's Missionary Union.

Survivors include her husband, Paul Cooley of DeRidder; two daughters, Paula Diane Miley of Humble, Texas, and Betsy Roy of DeRidder; two brothers, Banks Tullos of Ferriday and J.C. Tullos of North Highlands, Calif.; four sisters, Eula Smith of Jonesville, Ruth Brewer of Fort Worth, Texas, Doris Sims of DeRidder and Tommie Jean Turner of San Antonio; three grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; and five stepgreat-grandchildren.

Memorials may be to National Brain Tumor Foundation, 414 13th St., Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94612 or the American Cancer Society, 837 Gravier St., Suite 700, New Orleans, LA 70112, the family said.