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Submitted: 5/8/14 • Approved: 5/9/14 • Last Updated: 5/12/14 • R998914-G998914-S3
Johnny 15 Mar 1946 - 12 Mar 2006
*Obituary
Murphy Funeral Home Obituary
Johnny Richardson Cooksey, 59, of Marked Tree died Sunday, March 12 at his residence after a battle with cancer.
He was self-employed and a member of the Living Waters Pentecostal Church of Tyronza.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
Survivors include his wife, Donetta Cooksey of Marked Tree; one daughter, Pebbles Lucy of Dyess; three sons: Jason Cooksey of Little Rock, Timothy Cooksey of Shreveport, La. and Mitchell Long of Harrisburg; four brothers: Joe Cooksey and Tommy Cooksey, both of Marked Tree, and Paul Cooksey of Springdale and Walter Cooksey of Rockford, Ill.; five sisters: Charlotte Garrett of Trumann, Virginia Brickly of Payneway, Pauline Hooper of Hartsville, Ind. and Mary Morgan and Alphia Cooksey, both of Marked Tree; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15 at Murphy Funeral Home Chapel with Sister Priscilla Riley officiating.
Burial followed in Nichols Cemetery in Marked Tree.
Donetta 19 May 1953 - 22 Nov 2010 (Funeral Marker next to gravestone
married 8 Apr 1985
Contributed on 5/8/14
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