Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - October 20, 1990
Deceased Name: DYERSBURG - Mrs. Ruby Mae Cooley
DYERSBURG - Mrs. Ruby Mae Cooley, 82, retired teacher, died Thursday at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with burial in Rehoboth Cemetery in Roellen. She taught school for 40 years and taught math in Dyersburg City School System. She was a member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher for many years. She was also a member of Tennessee Teachers Association, and Dyersburg Education Association . She was Tennessee Teacher of the year in 1972, which made her a member of the National Teacher of the Year Association. She also belonged to Dyersburg Women's club and Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority. Mrs. Cooley, the widow of Leonard C. Cooley, leaves a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy C. West of Baton Rouge, La.; three sons, Bill Cooley of Baton Rouge, Leonard Cooley of Dyersburg and Kenneth Cooley of Kansas City, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Prince of Dallas, and Mrs. Ruth Williams of Dyess, Ark.; two brother s, Ramon Street of Pittsburgh and Roy Street of Tuscaloosa, Ala., seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Copyright (c) 1990 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
Deceased Name: DYERSBURG - Mrs. Ruby Mae Cooley
DYERSBURG - Mrs. Ruby Mae Cooley, 82, retired teacher, died Thursday at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with burial in Rehoboth Cemetery in Roellen. She taught school for 40 years and taught math in Dyersburg City School System. She was a member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher for many years. She was also a member of Tennessee Teachers Association, and Dyersburg Education Association . She was Tennessee Teacher of the year in 1972, which made her a member of the National Teacher of the Year Association. She also belonged to Dyersburg Women's club and Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority. Mrs. Cooley, the widow of Leonard C. Cooley, leaves a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy C. West of Baton Rouge, La.; three sons, Bill Cooley of Baton Rouge, Leonard Cooley of Dyersburg and Kenneth Cooley of Kansas City, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Prince of Dallas, and Mrs. Ruth Williams of Dyess, Ark.; two brother s, Ramon Street of Pittsburgh and Roy Street of Tuscaloosa, Ala., seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Copyright (c) 1990 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - October 20, 1990
Deceased Name: DYERSBURG - Mrs. Ruby Mae Cooley
DYERSBURG - Mrs. Ruby Mae Cooley, 82, retired teacher, died Thursday at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with burial in Rehoboth Cemetery in Roellen. She taught school for 40 years and taught math in Dyersburg City School System. She was a member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher for many years. She was also a member of Tennessee Teachers Association, and Dyersburg Education Association . She was Tennessee Teacher of the year in 1972, which made her a member of the National Teacher of the Year Association. She also belonged to Dyersburg Women's club and Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority. Mrs. Cooley, the widow of Leonard C. Cooley, leaves a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy C. West of Baton Rouge, La.; three sons, Bill Cooley of Baton Rouge, Leonard Cooley of Dyersburg and Kenneth Cooley of Kansas City, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Prince of Dallas, and Mrs. Ruth Williams of Dyess, Ark.; two brother s, Ramon Street of Pittsburgh and Roy Street of Tuscaloosa, Ala., seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Copyright (c) 1990 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
Deceased Name: DYERSBURG - Mrs. Ruby Mae Cooley
DYERSBURG - Mrs. Ruby Mae Cooley, 82, retired teacher, died Thursday at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Johnson Funeral Home in Newbern with burial in Rehoboth Cemetery in Roellen. She taught school for 40 years and taught math in Dyersburg City School System. She was a member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher for many years. She was also a member of Tennessee Teachers Association, and Dyersburg Education Association . She was Tennessee Teacher of the year in 1972, which made her a member of the National Teacher of the Year Association. She also belonged to Dyersburg Women's club and Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority. Mrs. Cooley, the widow of Leonard C. Cooley, leaves a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy C. West of Baton Rouge, La.; three sons, Bill Cooley of Baton Rouge, Leonard Cooley of Dyersburg and Kenneth Cooley of Kansas City, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Prince of Dallas, and Mrs. Ruth Williams of Dyess, Ark.; two brother s, Ramon Street of Pittsburgh and Roy Street of Tuscaloosa, Ala., seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Copyright (c) 1990 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
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