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Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Tressie O. Cooley
DeRidder -- Funeral services for Tressie O. Cooley, 84, will be at
10 a.m. Saturday, May 30, in Beauregard-Vernon Funeral Home.
The Revs. Wayne Pounders and John B. Davis will officiate. Burial will
be in Whitaker Cemetery.
Visitation is 3-10 p.m. today, May 29, and from 8 a.m. Saturday.
Mrs. Cooley died at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, May 28, 1998, in the
DeRidder hospital.
She was a lifelong resident of DeRidder, a former employee of
DeRidder Steam Laundry and One Hour Martinizing and a sitter for
homebound and hospitalized senior citizens. She was a member of
Three Pine Pentecostal Church and a former Sunday school teacher
and youth leader.
Survivors include her husband, Carl E. Cooley of DeRidder; one son,
Coleman J. Cooley of Rosepine; four daughters, Etah Woodard,
Evonne Vernier and Joan Hightower, all of DeRidder, and Norma
Davis of Shreveport; 12 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.
Friday, May 29, 1998