Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cooksey II, Gary White February 19, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 July 31, 2014, 5:28 pm The Berrien Press - February 28, 2007 -- Gary White Cooksey, II, 87, of Nashville died February 19, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta. Born November 11, 1919, in Chatham County to the late Gary White and Bitha Luke Cooksey, he worked with Civil Service at Moody Air Force Base. He was of the Church of God faith and served with the U.S. Army during WWII. He was in the first platoon that landed on Normandy Beach. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Agnes Cooksey and Edna Lane. Survivors include his wife, Rosa McNeil Cooksey of Nashville; two daughters, Sheila (Dewayne) Leavens and Rachel Elizabeth Cooksey, both of Nashville; one son, Gary White (Jo Anna) Cooksey, III, of Adel; one sister, Mildred Robbins of Savannah; three grandchildren, Jackie (Steven) Jordan of Nashville, Michael (Kelly) Felts of Adel, Michelle (Tommy) of Daughtrey of Tifton; six great- grandchildren; three nephews, one niece. Funeral services were held February 22 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Lovein Funeral Home with Rev. Ben Smith officiating, taped music included "Go Rest High On That Mountain" and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Interment was in Westview Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Michael Nix, Rodney Nix, Phillip Akins, Edward Blount, Timmy Crumbley, Ray Hunt. Honorary pallbearers were Bruce Nelms, Ira Shealey, Ronald Griner, Hiram Griffin, Hans Heitlauf. Lovein Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/c/cookseyi4032nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb