General Information

Birth
14 AUG 1927
Strickler, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
6 MAY 2011
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
10 MAY 2011
Bug Scuffle Cemetery, Washington County, Strickler, Arkansas

Notes

Mearl Cooksey

83, of Fayetteville, died Friday, May 6, 2011 at Fayetteville. He was born August 14, 1927 at Strickler, Arkansas, the son of William Edward and Orpha Waterson Cooksey.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lula Cooksey; a son, Eddie Cooksey and his parents.

He was a retired construction foreman for Ozarks Electric and farmer. He was a U. S. Army veteran and an avid hunter. He was of the Pentecostal faith.

He is survived by, a daughter, Alice Harvey & her husband Keith of Fayetteville; two sons, Roger Cooksey & his wife Anita of Fayetteville and William Cooksey & his wife Linda of Fayetteville; a brother, James Cooksey of Strickler; eleven grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 10 at Moore’s Chapel and interment will be in Bugscuffle Cemetery.

Visitation will be held 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Monday at Moore’s Chapel.

Parents

William Edward Cooksey
- Father
1905 - 1960
Birth
10 SEP 1905
Waco, Texas
Death
23 JAN 1960
West Fork, Washington County, Arkansas
Orpha Waterson
- Mother
1906 - 1962
Birth
24 MAR 1906
Strickler, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
28 MAR 1962
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
2 APR 1962
Bug Scuffle, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse

Lula Harp
- Wife

Children

Eddie Dean Cooksey
- Son
1949 - 2009
Birth
28 FEB 1949
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
11 JAN 2009
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
15 JAN 2009
McDonald Cemetery, Washington County, Hog Eye, Arkansas
Alice Cooksey
- Daughter