Rev. C. E. Cooley, Jr. was born Sept. 10, 1931 and was called home to be with his Lord Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2021.
He is survived by his four children, Charles E. Cooley, III, and Marilyn, Ronda Cooley Miller and husband John, Jonathon David Cooley and wife Teryan, and Carol Cooley LaManna and husband Joseph; adopted daughter Brenda Champagne Miller and husband Paul; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren with another on the way.
Those who have gone on before him are: his wife of 67 years, Joy Settles Cooley; his father and mother, Charles E. Cooley, Sr. and wife Lottie; his brother, B.J. Cooley and wife Jozelle; his sister Donna Laura Cooley Russ and husband Gordon; his sister Marie Cooley Anderson and husband Perry, Sr.
The family received friends on Saturday, Mar. 13, from 10 a.m. until time of the funeral service at 12 p.m. at First Pentecostal Church, 120 Mahlon Street, DeRidder. Rev. Douglas Belgard and Rev. Sim Strickland officiated. Interment followed at Beauregard Memorial Cemetery in DeRidder.
Arrangements were handled by Riley Smith & Sons Funeral Home 1810 W. Fourth St., DeQuincy.
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