COCO, Judge Adolph Valery, Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Randy DeCuir




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Judge A. V. Coco, Marksville, La. In these days of money-making, when life is
a constant struggle between right and wrong, it is a pleasure to lay before an
intelligent reader the unsullied record of an honorable man. Judge Coco was
born in Marksville, on March 21, 1857, and is a son of Hon. A. D. and Heloise
(Ledoux) Coco, the father a native of Avoyelles, and the mother of Pointe
Coupee Parish, La. The father was a planter of this parish and served in many
official positions of trust and honor. He served as sheriff, was district
clerk for some time, and served in both Houses of the Legislature. He is now
living a retired life. Judge A. V. Coco received a thorough education at St.
Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and graduated in the class of 1877. He
later received a diploma from the law department of Tulane University, New
Orleans, and after finishing his law course he began practicing his profession
in Marksville, where he continued until 1888. He then was elected judge of the
district court, from the district composed of Avoyelles, Rapides and Grant
Parishes. He is a man of sound judgment, sterling integrity and broad
intelligence. Although he is yet a young man, being only in his thirty-fourth
year, judging from the record he has already made, and the high esteem in
which he is held by all who know him, he is destined to figure prominently in
State and National affairs. He is one of those whole-souled, affable men, whom
to know is but to revere. Honesty of purpose and rectitude of conduct in the
discharge of his official duties have placed him upon a high plane in the
estimation of his constituents.   His marriage occurred in Memphis, Tenn., in
1877, to Miss Kate Malone, daughter of John and Catherine (Bourke) Malone,
natives of Ireland. Mr. Malone was in business in Memphis, and farming in
Arkansas. Judge and Mrs. Coco are members of the Catholic Church.