Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Monday, March 11, 1974

Thomas M. Coody Funeral Pending

Funeral services for Thomas M. Coody Sr., 75, of 110 Richmond St., Monroe, are incomplete but will be under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Monroe.

Burial will be in the old Bethel Cemetery.

He died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital after an apparent heart attack.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ebridge Coody of Monroe; seven sons, W. L. Coody of Dowling, Mich., J. L. Coody of Keyport, Wash., Thomas Coody Jr., Charles Coody and Fred Coody, all of Monroe; Benny Coody of Akron, Ohio, and Larry Coody of Fort Wayne, Ind.; a daughter, Mrs. Cletus Rogers of Angola; four sisters, Mrs. Nita Ray, Mrs. Leta Dickerson, Mrs. Bitha Westmoreland, all of Monroe, Mrs. Datlina Royal of Shreveport; a half sister, Mrs. Belle Wyles of Winnsboro.