Date of birth: 14 Jan 1917
Date of death: 04 Feb 1999

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Burial Information

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Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot:
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary

LOUISE COOKSEY PETTUS

On February 3, 1999 Mrs. Louise Cooksey Pettus at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barrett of Kosciusko. She was 82 years old.  She was a native of Holmes County but had lived in Kosciusko for many years.  She is the daughter of James Dillard Cooksey and Lovie Rainey.

She is survived by one son, Hansen of Kosciusko; daughters, Shirley Childs of Belzoni and Patricia Hamble of Texas; one sister, Edna Gentry of Pearcy, Arkansas; and five great-grandchildren.

Graveside services were February 5, in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington with Jordan Funeral Home of Kosciusko in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers were Chris S~~~, John Childs, Carl Daves, John Bader, and Bill Barrett.

Holmes County Herald – Lexington, MS
February 25, 1999, Vol. 41, No. 8, Pg. 8

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Family Members

Parents
James Dillard Cooksey Sr
1869–1927

Lovie Rainey Hall
1889–1988

Siblings
Edna Lee "GonGon" Cooksey Gentry
1912–2005

George W. Cooksey
1914–1990

Maggie C. Cooksey Daves
1918–1959

James Dillard Cooksey Jr
1921–1969

William Frank Cooksey
1924–1989

Robert L Cooksey
1927–1966

Children
James Michael Hansen
1958–2023

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