Obituary of George M. Cooksey, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: September 2004



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Obituary:  George M. Cooksey
November 8, 2003
   
Services for George M. Cooksey, age 79 of Columbia will be held 
at 2 p.m., Sunday, November 8, 2003 from the chapel of Riser Funeral 
Home in Columbia with Billy Jones and Rev. Benton Moore officiating.  
Donald Wood will deliver the eulogy.  Interment will follow in the 
Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.
   
Mr. Cooksey was born in Holmes County, Ms to the union of 
Thomas Monroe and Delia Perry Cooksey and died Wednesday, 
November 5, 2003 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe.
   
He was a retired instrument control specialist with Texas Gas Transmisson 
and a member of the Philadelphia Church of God.  He was preceded in death 
by his wife: Addie Inez Cooksey.

Survivors include his son: Jeff Cooksey of Monroe, his daughters:
Patricia Diane Frasier, Betty Jo Parker and Sharon Dulaney all of
Grayson, his brother: Perry Cooksey of Memphis, Tn., his sisters:
Vada England of Olive Branch, Ms. and Mary Alice McMurray of
Philadelphia, Ms., five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
   
Pallbearers will be Gordon Frasier, James Parker, Harold Dulaney,
Kevin Barnhill, Marshall Frasier and Wesley Barnhill.
   
Ethan Dulaney will be honorary pallbearer.
   
Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Sunday
from 9 a.m.until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy
165, Columbia.